News

Check out the latest news about NAA and special announcements pertinent to the field of afterschool.

Displaying items by tag: Healthy OutofSchool Time (HOST) Coalition

Tuesday, 04 August 2015 00:00

Eating Healthier and Moving More in OST

Out-of-school time (OST) programs serve more than 10 million young people per year, which provides a significant opportunity to promote healthy eating and physical activity. Until fairly recently, however, the field has lacked a comprehensive set of operationalizable standards for healthy eating and physical activity (Childhood Obesity 2012).

Published in Professional Development