OSNAP featured on Afterschool Alliance’s blog, Afterschool Snack:
Guest blog: Creating healthy spaces for kids during out of school time
Afterschool programs provide children and families with many benefits—from a safe caring space to academic enrichment opportunities. Afterschool programs also have the unique potential to be health-promoting environments for children.
We know that most children do not get enough opportunities to be active, eat and drink healthy foods and beverages, and spend time in spaces free of unhealthy advertisements on TV and the internet. The time that children spend in afterschool programming can be time that they are physically active, drink water rather than sugary beverages, and eat healthy snacks—with plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Afterschool providers can give children these health benefits and they can do it with minimal time and cost…[continue reading on Afterschool Snack]