Policy Opportunities for Reducing Sedentary Behavior in Communities

Restrict Screen Time

Action steps to restrict screen time in communities include:

Reduce screen time in in childcare and after-school programs.
Encourage providers of childcare and before-and after-school in your community to limit exposure to screen time through recognition or endorsement programs

Recommended by:

• AAP Policy: Active Healthy Living: Prevention of Childhood Obesity Through Increased Physical Activity
• Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report: Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Action Strategies Toolkit – A Guide for Local And State Leaders to Create Healthy Communities And Prevent Childhood Obesity Executive Summary

For more information:

• United States Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration of Families and Children - After School Resources
• AAP Healthy Child Care America ​