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Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active! Packet for Training Program Facilitators
This packet includes everything needed to conduct full day and half day train-the-trainer sessions for Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active!--an interactive after-school education program that helps young people ages 11 to 13 understand the complex media world around them and how it can influence their health, especially in regard to nutrition and physical activity.
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For Strong Bones...For Lifelong Health...Milk Matters!
This booklet, part of the NICHD Milk Matters campaign, explains that young people ages 11 to 18 need calcium and physical activity to build strong bones that last a lifetime.
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Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active! Program Packet Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active! is an interactive after-school education program that helps young people ages 11 to 13 understand the complex media world around them and how it can influence their health, especially in regard to nutrition and physical activity. The Program Packet includes everything an activity leader needs to conduct the program: the facilitator's guide, the video (VHS and DVD formats), and the program poster. If you require a closed-captioned version of the video, please contact the NICHD Information Resource Center at NICHDInformationResourceCenter@mail.nih.gov.
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Publish Date: 09/19/2005
Pages: 450
Price: Free
Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active Fact Sheet
This fact sheet provides background on the NICHD's Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active! program, an interactive after-school education program that helps young people ages 11 to 13 understand the complex media world around them and how it can influence their health, especially in regard to nutrition and physical activity.
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Bone Up on Bone Loss! Exercise to Build Healthy Bones!
This single sheet for children and teens explains the importance of weight-bearing physical activity for building strong bones.
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Media-Smart Youth Program Evaluation Fact Sheet
This single-sheet describes an evaluation of the Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active! curriculum that was conducted to determine the impact of the program on adolescent knowledge, skills, and behavioral intent in the areas of media analysis, nutrition, and physical activity.
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Report on the Evaluation of the Media-Smart Youth Curriculum
The NICHD conducted an evaluation of the Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active! curriculum to determine the impact of the program on adolescent knowledge, skills, and behavioral intent in the areas of media analysis, nutrition, and physical activity. This report describes the methods used for that evaluation and the results.
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Building Strong Bones: Calcium Information for Health Care Providers
This 6-page fact sheet, part of the Milk Matters calcium education campaign, explains to health care providers the importance of making sure young people ages 11 to 18 get enough calcium to build strong bones and teeth that will last a lifetime.
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Health Behaviors in School-Age Children (HBSC) 2005/2006 Survey: School Report
This scientific report describes the findings from the 2005-2006 survey of the Health Behavior of School-Age Children (HBSC) project, a World Health Organization cross-national study of adolescent health, health behaviors, and the family, school, and social-environmental contexts for these health behaviors.
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Innovations: Future Solutions Now: An NCMRR E-Update (Winter 2008-2009)
This e-update, released electronically by the NICHD National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, aims to recognize progress and disseminate information about the many innovations made in the field of medical rehabilitation as a result of NICHD funding.
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