Bridging the Gap: Research Informing Practice and Policy for Healthy Youth Behavior was designed to improve the understanding of the role of public policy and environmental factors in youth alcohol, illicit drug, and tobacco use, as well as diet and physical activity, to evaluate their effectiveness in reducing substance use and obesity among youth. The research program was intended to close gaps in understanding the most important policy, environmental, and programmatic strategies for reducing youth substance.

This field report demonstrates that students want to take responsibility for developing and implementing healthy eating and physical activity solutions in their schools and are essential collaborators for programs and initiatives that find long-term success

A comprehensive description of Action for Healthy Kids' Campaign for School Wellness to ensure that federally mandated local wellness policies bring about improvements to school nutrition and physical activity

Strategies of Action for Healthy Kids Teams in Rhode Island, West Virginia and Indiana to get the issue of school wellness on the radar screens of school leaders and to propel it to the top of their to-do lists

A report of Action for Healthy Kids' 2007 survey of nutrition, health and public health professionals who work with children and youth, regarding their experiences with the nutrition recommendations and barriers and opportunities in promoting to youth the "Food Groups to Encourage."