making healthy easy for after school programs

After-school programs offer valuable environments for helping youth achieve energy balance. Within a safe and supervised setting – and without the academic pressures of the regular school day – kids are ripe for learning how to make healthy eating and active living choices.

By providing five recommendations for achieving “energy balance” each day, nrgBalance 12345! offers a framework for after-school program leaders to structure healthy eating and active living activities. The following guide provides after-school program leaders with information on nutrition and activity standards, recommended programs to deliver 12345! messages within the after-school program setting, ideas and resources for celebrating nrgBalance events, and downloadable take-home information for parents.