Afterschool: Key to Health and Wellness for Pre-Teens and Teens. MetLife Foundation Afterschool Alert. Issue Brief No. 45

Institution	Afterschool Alliance; MetLife Foundation
Titel	Afterschool: Key to Health and Wellness for Pre-Teens and Teens. MetLife Foundation Afterschool Alert. Issue Brief No. 45
Quelle	(2010), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Physical Education; Middle Schools; Physical Activities; Food; Adolescents; Preadolescents; After School Programs; Wellness; Health Promotion; Summer Programs; Obesity; Nutrition; Eating Habits; Middle School Students; Youth; Enrichment Activities; Athletics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lebensmittel; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Well being; Well-being; Wohlbefinden; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Sommerkurs; Adipositas; Ernährung; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Middle schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Bereicherungsprogramm; Leichtathletik
Abstract	With a growing number of school hours devoted to increased instructional time and physical education programs being scaled back in many schools, the afterschool hours are becoming increasingly crucial to ensuring the healthy development of the nation's youth. Additionally, with students spending the majority of their waking hours and consuming the majority of their meals out of school, afterschool and summer learning programs present a unique opportunity to promote healthful eating and living habits. Middle schoolers in particular, who are often fueled by their desire to find a place where they belong and are at risk of making decisions that negatively affect their overall health, can benefit greatly from the lessons on nutrition and the increased opportunities for physical activity that afterschool programs can provide. Middle school programs across the country offer youth a mix of academic and physical enrichment that promotes positive physical, emotional and social development. By offering sports programs, teaching children about healthy food choices, supplying mentors to steer teens and pre-teens away from drugs, smoking and alcohol, and displaying other innovative ways to promote healthy lifestyles among adolescents, afterschool programs are leading the way toward healthier lifestyles for America's middle schoolers. This brief offers examples of ways that afterschool programs can promote healthy living and better prepare a generation of middle schoolers. This brief is the third in a series of four issue briefs examining critical issues facing middle school youth and the vital role afterschool programs play in addressing these issues. (Contains 19 endnotes.) [For related reports, see "Afterschool: Providing Multiple Benefits to Middle School Students. MetLife Foundation Afterschool Alert. Issue Brief No. 42" (ED511973); "Afterschool: Middle School and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). MetLife Foundation Afterschool Alert. Issue Brief No. 44" (ED522621); and "Afterschool: Supporting Career and College Pathways for Middle School Age Youth. MetLife Foundation Afterschool Alert. Issue Brief No. 46" (ED522622).] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Afterschool Alliance. 1616 H Street NW Suite 820, Washington, DC 20006. Tel: 202-347-1002; Fax: 202-347-2092; e-mail: info@afterschoolalliance.org; Web site: http://afterschoolalliance.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10