Brownson, who also is director of the university's Prevention Research Center, and his co-authors set out to determine the effectiveness of three federal policies aimed at reducing childhood obesity:
afterschool physical activity programs, a one cent per ounce sugar - sweetened beverage excise tax, and a ban on fast food television advertising to children under 12.
Brownson, who also is director of the university's Prevention Research Center, and his co-authors set out to determine the effectiveness of three federal policies aimed at reducing childhood obesity:
afterschool physical activity programs, a one - tenth - cent per ounce sugar - sweetened beverage excise tax, and a ban on fast food television advertising to children under 12.
In order to evaluate the potential long - term impact of federally recommended policies, investigators used a set of criteria to select three policies to reduce childhood obesity from among 26 recommended policies:
afterschool physical activity programs, a one cent per ounce excise tax on sugar - sweetened beverages (SSBs), and a ban on child - directed fast food television advertising.
Not exact matches
For example ~ a school learned that its 6th and 7th grade girls were disproportionately overweight ~ so it partnered with hip hop dance and non-contact kick boxing
programs to provide
afterschool physical activity opportunities.
«By paying attention to the quality of
physical spaces,
activities, and interactions,
afterschool programs are expanding youth interests, knowledge, and skills.
In so many communities,
afterschool programs are needed to give students access to
physical education, arts, music and so many other enriching
activities that are increasingly being cut from the school day.»
Researchers found widespread changes in brain function, meaning greater amounts of executive control in the students that engaged in
physical activity while participating in the
afterschool program.
The vision for this coalition is to foster health and well - being practices in
afterschool programs nationwide, using science - based standards for healthy eating,
physical activity, screen time, and social supports for these behaviors including staff, family and child engagement.
The key strategies that
afterschool and summer
programs can use to combat obesity are to serve healthy meals and snacks, improve the nutritional and
physical environment, offer nutrition education, and provide
physical activity.
• First - hand experience in building a community of creative learning practices across the school for each after school
program • Track record of facilitating the long term development of creative teaching and learning at a structural level • Well - versed in coordinating development and implementation of
afterschool programs based on each student's individual needs • Deeply familiar with utilizing positive strategies to support the social and emotional development of all enrolled students • Exceptionally talented in creating and implementing
activities that promote
physical and intellectual development of students • Documented success in building and maintaining positive and genuine relationships with students and their families • Qualified to develop procedures and policies for smooth operations of after school
programs • Ability to create and maintain records of students and correlating assessments • Especially talented in recruiting, hiring and training staff members to carry out the logistics of after school
programs • Proficient in monitoring after school
program environments to ensure that all health and safety policies are set in place • Adept at overseeing
program staff, operations and services associated with after school
programs • Competent in preparing a variety of documents and reports, including incident reports and daily
program content • Skilled in facilitating partnerships with appropriate public and private agencies that provide services to both students and their families