Availability of Competitive Foods and Beverages
June 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Elementary school practices fall short of national recommendations for diet and physical activity.
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Unhealthy Foods and Beverages Widely Available and Physical Activity Options Lacking in U.S. Elementary Schools
June 8, 2010 | News Release
Comprehensive report examines policies and practices relevant to childhood obesity, including those required by the federal wellness policy mandate.
Fostering a Sense of Community in the Classroom Lowers Alcohol and Marijuana Use and Delinquency
November 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
From 1991 through 1998, the Developmental Studies Center in Oakland, Calif., developed a large-scale trial of an elementary school model called the Child Development Project (CDP).
Seattle School Staff, Public Agencies and Parents Work to Meet Children's Needs
October 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
What can a school do when a child isn't getting needed medical treatments? Thanks to the Seattle Child Health Initiative, elementary schools in two areas are not only identifying problems such as this, but taking action to help.
Smart Start Program is Positive Beginning to Improving Child Health Care in Michigan
October 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
The project serves children and their families living near two inner-city elementary schools in adjoining districts. At one school, Smart Start serves children from infants through sixth grade at the other, infants through fourth grade.
Findings from a Randomized Experiment of Playworks
April 17, 2012 | Report
Strengthening recess transforms the school climate, paving the way for less bullying and more focus on learning, according to new evaluation findings from Mathematica Policy Research and Stanford University.
Improving School Foods Through the Team Nutrition Program
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Researcher's found that the USDA's Team Nutrition program has strong potential to help improve children?s eating habits
Growing Experience Corps
January 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
Experience Corps engages older volunteers to tutor - with a focus on reading - and mentor low-income kindergarten through third-grade students. It expanded and became an independent nonprofit organization.
Getting Kids Active: Physical Activity in Schools
October 31, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Get kids active now and often was the message at a session on childhood obesity at the American Public Health Association 2012 Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "Students are not getting enough exercise," said Christina Economos as she opened the ses ...
Does Playworks Have an Impact on Schools and on the Children Who Attend Them?
September 17, 2012 | Story
Susanne N. James-Burdumy, PhD, Associate Director of Research at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., leads the random assignment evaluation of Playworks, a program that uses play to promote physical activity and youth development in schools.