Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active! is an interactive afterschool education program for young people ages 11 to 13. It was created by The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to empower young people to think critically about media and make thoughtful decisions about nutrition and physical activity.

Fit Source is an easy-to-use site where child care and afterschool care providers can find a variety of physical activity and nutrition resources for the children they serve. The site offers links to activities, lesson plans, healthy recipes, information for parents, and other downloadable tools that can be used to incorporate physical activity and nutrition into child care and afterschool programs.

This strategy brief outlines the important role that afterschool programs can play in efforts to prevent childhood obesity and includes ideas for incorporating nutrition and fitness into afterschool programming, strategies for financing these efforts, and examples of policies that can support and encourage the afterschool community's endeavors to steer children toward healthy choices. This accompanying checklist (http://www.nccic.acf.hhs.gov/afterschool/healthy_checklist.html) summarizes strategies and resources discussed in the brief and can be used by program developers and policymakers to guide strategic discussions and planning around policy and program options.