After-school programs have the potential to help children accumulate up to 30 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity each day, which would satisfy half of the national recommendation for daily physical activity.
Participating in school sports is an important means to increase physical activity among adolescents.
Children are more active when schools offer a range of opportunities for physical activity during and after the school day.
Starting in 2010–11, D.C. Public Schools began serving nutritious meals at after-school programs to help keep kids safe, learning, and positively engaged during the after-school hours.
A poll reveals that many parents face a variety of barriers to helping their children lead healthy lives, especially during the "crunch time" from 3 p.m. to bedtime.
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May 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Regular physical activity promotes important health benefits, reduces risk for obesity, and is linked to enhanced academic performance. National recommendations call for children and adolescents to be active for 60 minutes a day. The U.S. Department ...
May 1, 2012 | Report
Research shows that lower-income and racial and ethnic minority people tend to live in neighborhoods with fewer and poorer quality sidewalks, fewer parks and open spaces, and more crime, social disorder and traffic. These environmental and social fa ...
March 18, 2011 | Program Result
The Ready by 21 Quality Counts Initiative, an initiative of the Forum for Youth Investment, helped communities improve the quality and reach of their out-of-school-time services for youth.
October 13, 2009 | Program Result
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has funded youth development programs since the early 1990s. Since that time it has funded two national programs with positive youth development elements.
August 28, 2008 | Program Result
After School helped develop intermediary organizations in Boston, Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area in order to create citywide systems of after-school programs.
September 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Woodland Community Development Corporation developed a project that provides inner-city children in Camden, N.J., ages 5-14, with tutoring and enrichment activities in an effort to delay their experimentation with alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs.
August 1, 2007 | Program Result
In 2006, staff of the New York Road Runners Foundation created two startup kits to enable teachers to start running programs in elementary and middle schools.
October 11, 2010 | Program Result
Injury has long been the leading cause of childhood mortality, morbidity and hospital admissions in the United States.
November 1, 2004 | Program Result
Pyramid Communications, a Seattle-based strategic public affairs organization, produced a report for RWJF on school-based physical activity and healthy eating programs to help curb the nation's childhood obesity epidemic.