for a Healthy School

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The
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for a Healthy School
Updated 9-2007
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What are American children eating today?
Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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What are American children eating today?

• More than 60 of children and adolescents eat
  too much fat and saturated fat and not enough
  fruits and vegetables.

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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What are American children eating today?

• Only 39 of children eat enough fiber (found in
  fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes).

An apple a day really can help keep the doctor
away!
Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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What are American children eating today?

• 85 of
• adolescent females
• do not consume
• enough calcium.

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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During the past 25 years
At the same time, average daily soft drink
consumption
Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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More nutrients for your with dairy!
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What are American children eating today?

• 18 20 of calories consumed by children
• and adolescents come from added sugars.

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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What are the effects of poor eating habits?
Health consequences of poor eating habits include

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What are the effects of poor eating habits?

• Overweight children have higher rates of
• Type 2 diabetes
• High blood lipid levels
• High blood pressure
• Bone and joint problems

Overweight children are more likely to experience
discrimination and lowself-esteem.
Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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What are the effects of poor eating habits?

• Overweight children and teens are more likely to
  become overweight and obese adults with increased
  risk of
• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Stroke
• Diabetes
• Some types of cancer
• Gallbladder disease

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Health care costs

• The CDC reports in one two-year period, U.S.
  taxpayers spent 127 million on hospital costs
  associated with caring for overweight children
  and adolescents.

Preventing obesity and chronic diseases through
good nutrition and physical activity.
http//www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/pe_factsheets/pe_pa.htm
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What are the effects of poor eating habits?

• Type 2 diabetes, normally seen among adults, is
  increasingly found in children.

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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What are the effects of poor eating habits?

• Atherosclerosis, the most common cause of heart
  disease, begins during childhood and is related
  to blood cholesterol levels which can be affected
  by what children eat.

Ya gotta have heart!
Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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What are the effects of poor eating habits?

• Young people who do not get enough calcium are
  at a greater risk for later development of
  osteoporosis.

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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What are the effects of poor eating habits?

• Too many young people are adopting unsafe or
  harmful weight loss practices, such as
• induced vomiting
• use of laxatives
• smoking

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Poor eating habits can lead to malnutrition...
Photo http//win.niddk.nih.gov/notes/summerfall03
notes/obesityaffects.htm
Obesity
Eating Disorders
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Eating disorders in youth

• As many as 7 to 8 of females in the United
  States suffer from anorexia nervosa and/or
  bulimia nervosa.
• These two eating disorders can cause many severe
  complications and have among the highest
  mortality rates for any psychiatric disorder.

You CAN be too thin.
Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Source http//www.4woman.gov/faq/easyread/anorexi
a-etr.htm
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What are the effects of poor eating habits?

• Poor eating habits can contribute to dental
  caries, which remains a major cause of school
  absences.

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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So what?

• For the first time in this countrys history,
  health experts question if this generation of
  children will be first to lead shorter lives.
  The Obesity Epidemic

http//www.nsba.org/site/docs/32700/32675.pdf
retrieved 3-6-06
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Why focus on schools?

• The schools will be where the first victories
  against obesity will occur.
• Kelly Brownell, PhD., director, Yale Center
  for Eating and Weight Disorders author of Food
  Fight in The Obesity Epidemic

Students spend 2,000hours per year in school
Learn more reasons
http//www.nsba.org/site/docs/32700/32675.pdf
retrieved 3-6-06
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Obesity hurts schools financially

• Schools have the unique opportunity even the
  responsibility to teach and model healthful
  eating and physical activity, both in theory and
  in practice.
• Improving childrens health likely improves
  school performance, and it may even help a
  schools bottom line.
• Therefore, schools have a vested interest in
  improving the nutrition and increasing the
  physical activity of their students.

Photo http//lhncbc.nlm.nih.gov/apdb/phsHistory/r
esources/sg_satcher.html
Dr. Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon General and
founding chair of Action for Healthy Kids.
http//www.actionforhealthykids.org Sept. 23,
2004 news release
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More school costs

• Schools with high percentages of students who did
  not routinely engage in physical activity or eat
  well had smaller gains in test scores than did
  other schools.

http//www.actionforhealthykids.org Sept. 23,
2004 news release
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More school costs

• Students who skip breakfast perform worse on
  tests and have poor concentration.

http//www.actionforhealthykids.org Sept. 23,
2004 news release
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More school costs

• Youth not getting adequate nutrients have
• lower test scores
• increased absenteeism
• difficulty concentrating
• lower energy levels.

http//www.actionforhealthykids.org Sept. 23,
2004 news release
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More school costs

• Physical activity programs are linked to
• stronger academic achievement
• increased concentration
• improved math, reading, and writing test scores.

http//www.actionforhealthykids.org Sept. 23,
2004 news release
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More school costs

• Students participating in daily physical
  education exhibit
• better attendance
• a more positive attitude to school
• superior academic performance.

X
http//www.actionforhealthykids.org Sept. 23,
2004 news release
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More school costs...

• Extra staff time and attention devoted to
  students with low academic performance or
  behavior problems caused by poor nutrition and
  physical inactivity.

http//www.actionforhealthykids.org Sept. 23,
2004 news release
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More school costs...

• Costs associated with time and staff needed to
  administer medications needed by students with
  associated physical and emotional problems.

http//www.actionforhealthykids.org Sept. 23,
2004 news release
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Another reason for focusing on schools Its the
law!
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The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act
of 2004
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School Wellness PolicyBasic Components

• 1. Policies targeting
• Nutrition education
• Physical activity
• Other school-based activities to promote wellness

More components
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School Wellness PolicyBasic Components

• Guidelines for reimbursable meals
• Nutrition guidelines for all foods
• at school
• Plan for measuring implementation
• 5. Community involvement

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School Wellness PolicyProvisions

• Required involvement at the local level
• Parents
• Students
• School Meals Program Representatives
• School Board Members
• School Administrators
• and Teachers
• Community Members

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School Wellness PolicyImplementation

• The physical activity and eating behaviors that
  affect weight are influenced by many sectors of
  society, including families, communities,
  organizations, health care providers, faith-based
  institutions, businesses, government agencies,
  the media, and schools.
• The involvement of all of these sectors will be
  needed to reverse the epidemic.
• - State Education Standard 12-04

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If for no other reason

• Be nice to your kids. Theyll choose your
  nursing home.
• Seen on a bumper sticker

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It takes a village
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It takes a village Students

• Eat smart and move more to look, feel and do your
  best.
• Get informed and involved.
• Set goals for yourself.
• Serve as a role model to younger students.
• Eat the school breakfast, school lunch and
  healthy snacks.

Source Eat Smart North Carolinas Recommended
Standards for all Foods Available in School
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It takes a village Families

• Eat smart and move more children are watching
  you.
• Support school meal programs eat breakfast and
  lunch at school.
• Learn how Child Nutrition Programs are financed
  and discuss it with others.
• Advocate for healthy school meals and nutrition
  education.
• Provide healthy snacks or fun physical activity
  for parties and events.

Source Eat Smart North Carolinas Recommended
Standards for all Foods Available in School
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Non-food celebrations Some ideas

• Walk with principal.
• Non-food treats may be desirable in relation to
  food allergies and
• food safety.
• Examples pencils, stickers, bookmarks, wash-off
  tattoos
• Celebrate birthdays with a non-food treat (or
  limit celebrations to once a month with food
  treats).
• Do something fun, i.e. decorate a jack-o-lantern
  (with magic markers).

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Food celebrations Some ideas

• Establish guidelines for foods provided to
  students for school parties and snacks.
• Consistent message
• with cafeteria
• Incorporate nutrition education about these foods
  in classroom lessons
• Offer choices between acceptable foods

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It takes a village Teachers

• Teach and role model good nutrition and physical
  activity.
• Coordinate nutrition education with cafeteria
  staff.
• Teach life skills not just the facts.
• Eat with students support school meal programs.
• Use non-food rewards.

Source Eat Smart North Carolinas Recommended
Standards for all Foods Available in School
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Disadvantages of using food as a reward/incentive

• Undermines nutrition being taught in the
• school environment.
• Encourages over consumption of foods high in
  added sugar
• and fat.
• Teaches kids to eat when theyre not hungry to
• reward themselves.
• MORE disadvantages

Source Michigan State University Extension
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Disadvantages of using food as a reward/incentive

• Classroom learning about nutrition will remain
  strictly theoretical if schools regularly model
  unhealthy behaviors.
• Foods commonly used as rewards can contribute to
  health problems for children.
• Rewarding students with food can interfere with
  children learning to eat in response to hunger
  and satiety cues.

More disadvantages
Source Rayette County Public Schools, Lexington,
Kentucky in Source Making It Happen! School
Nutrition Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/
tn/Resources/makingithappen.html
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Disadvantages of using food as a reward/incentive

• Food preferences for both sweet and non-sweet
  food increase significantly when foods are
  presented as rewards
• (Birch Fisher, 1994).
• In other words, we may be teaching children to
  prefer unhealthy foods.
• Schools are institutions designed to model
  appropriate behaviors to children. May contribute
  to disordered eating in the future.

Source Rayette County Public Schools, Lexington,
Kentucky in Source Making It Happen! School
Nutrition Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/
tn/Resources/makingithappen.html
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Kentucky teachers suggestions for alternatives
to food rewards

• Make deliveries to office
• Teach class
• Sit by friends
• Eat lunch with teacher
• Play favorite game
• Stickers
• Fun video
• Extra recess
• School supplies

More suggestions
Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Kentucky teachers suggestions for alternatives
to food rewards

• Paperback book
• Show-and-tell
• Trip to treasure box filled with non-food items
• Teacher reads special book
• to class
• Bank system earn play money to be used for
  privileges
• Teacher performs
• special skill
• cart wheel, guitar playing, etc.

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Kentucky teachers suggestions for alternatives
to food rewards

• Sit with friends
• Listen to music while working at desk
• 5 minute chat break at end of class
• Reduced homework
• Extra credit
• Fun video
• Computer time
• Assemblies
• Field trips
• Eat lunch outside or have class outside

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Kentucky teachers suggestions for alternatives
to food rewards

• Extra credit
• Fun video
• Reduced homework
• Coupons to video stores, music stores, movies
  (donated)
• Drawings for donated prizesamong students who
  meetcertain grade standards
• A few minutes of free choicetime at end of
  class period

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Food for thought

• Rewards can be abused and overused. Too often
  students come to expect something in return for
  behavior or good grades when in reality they
  should do the behavior for its intrinsic value.
• Middle School Teacher in Fayette County,
  Lexington, Kentucky

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Food for thought How can wellness be
integrated in all classes?
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It takes a village Child nutrition staff

• Provide tasty, appealing and healthy meals.
• Market healthy meals well.
• Coordinate classroom and cafeteria activities.
• Eat smart and move more children are watching
  you.
• Provide nutrition information to students and
  families.

Source Eat Smart North Carolinas Recommended
Standards for all Foods Available in School
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It takes a village Principals

• Support a healthy eating environment and tell
  others about your commitment.
• Establish school policy and enforce district and
  state policy.
• Seek alternative sources of revenue for your
  school.
• Schedule recess before lunch and adequate time to
  eat.
• Provide continuing education opportunities for
  staff on nutrition and health.

Source Eat Smart North Carolinas Recommended
Standards for all Foods Available in School
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It takes a village School superintendents and
school board members

• Support a healthy eating environment and tell
  others about your commitment.
• Make funds available to support healthy eating.
• Establish and enforce policy for foods available
  in schools.
• Require comprehensive skill based nutrition
  education for PreK-12.
• Support school meal programs eat breakfast and
  lunch at school.

Source Eat Smart North Carolinas Recommended
Standards for all Foods Available in School
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What do we know about how children eat?

• Children need approximately 10 exposures to new
  foods to accept them.
• Children can learn to prefer new foods as they
  become increasingly familiar.
• Children are more likely to eat foods that
  teachers, parents and peers are eating.

http//www.yale.edu/rudd/pdf/childhood_obesity.pdf

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Keep an open mind to possibilities!
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6 approaches to making it happen

• Check this online reference for specific
  examples for accomplishing the following 6
  approaches . . .

Making It Happen! School Nutrition Success
Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resources/maki
ngithappen.html
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Approach 1

• Establish nutrition standards for competitive
  foods.

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Words of wisdom
Persistence is key when changing the nutritional
environment in your school. Go into the process
with energy and enthusiasm and armed with the
knowledge that you are doing what's best for your
students. They all deserve the right to healthier
options. When making your case at school
committee meetings or student meetings, bring
healthy snack options to the staff and students.
Let them eat while you plead your case. They'll
realize that the proposed snacks and drinks can
taste good and still be good for you! Heather
Henry, School Health Coordinator
Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Approach 2

• Influence food and beverage contracts.

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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A key to success

• A guiding philosophy
• Student health is not for sale.

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Approach 3

• What some schools offered
• Low-fat milk
• Bottled water
• Low-fat yogurt
• Fresh fruits
• Raw vegetables
• Salads and salad bars
• Whole grain breads
• Low-fat popcorn

• Make more healthful foods and beverages available
  to a la carte lines, vending machines, snack
  bars and student stores.

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Words of wisdom
Its important to look outside the box. Prior to
initiating this program, people thought that
students would never eat rice cakes or yogurt as
a snack. After almost two years in our program,
students cannot get enough of them.
Maggie Giunta, Foodservice
Director, Aramark Food Services
Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Approach 4

• Products
• Placement
• Promotion
• Price

• Adopt marketing techniques to promote healthful
  choices.

Quick tip Place fruits and vegetables at the
beginning of an a la carte line.
Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Approach 5

• Limit student
• access to competitive foods.

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Words of wisdom
Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Approach 6

• Use fundraising activities that support student
  health.

Source Making It Happen! School Nutrition
Success Stories http//www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resourc
es/makingithappen.html
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Fund-raising considerations

• While making money may be the primary goal, its
  important to consider what students learn in the
  process. There is an obvious disconnect between
  classroom lessons about nutrition and school
  vending machines filled with chips, candy bars
  and pop.
• It makes sense to ensure fundraising activities
  reflect the values and healthy choices we want
  for our children. Schools are good places to
  model healthy attitudes and behaviors.

Community Nutritionists Council of BC, May 2003
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Money-making tips

• Price nutritious food attractively
• Keep price low for door-to-door sales
• Sell quality productsyour reputation is on the
  line
• Have fun! Sales Queen
• Prevent burnout dont expectthe same volunteer
  to take thesame role yearly
• Check so event isnt on dayof other major event

Community Nutritionists Council of BC, May 2003
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Fund-raisers without food
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Pledges

• Bowl-a-thon, walk-a-thon, dance-a-thon, trash
  walk, read-a-thon, jump rope-a-thon, fun runs,
  skate night, bike-a-thon
• Enter as individual and/or team
• PROS encourages fitness or other positive
  activity
• NEEDS coordination

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Raffle

• Seek donation of high-value, DESIRABLE, item by
  business or community organization
• PROS Can be low effort,
• low cost
• NEEDS Item of sufficient value to generate
  ticket sales
• IDEA Motivational prize for student selling most
  tickets

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Garage sale

• Students, families, staff, community donate items
• PROS Low-cost helps people clean house
• NEEDS Resources to collect, inventory and store
  items plus handle cash and credit cards
• IDEA Combine with sale of healthy foods and
  beverages

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Balloon pop

• Put a note inside a balloon before filling it
  with air or helium. Some of the notes should
  offer a prize. Sell the balloons and let people
  pop them in hopes of winning a prize. Pick up
  broken balloons afterwards.

http//www.freethechildren.org/youthinaction/101_f
undraising_ideas.htm
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Guess the number of coins in a jar

• The winner receives all the coins and your group
  makes money by charging people for guessing.

http//www.freethechildren.org/youthinaction/101_f
undraising_ideas.htm
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Temporary tattoos, wrist bands
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Physical challenge

• Select an age appropriate activity, set a time
  frame and a donation per accomplishment.
• Example Basketball Shootout1 per basket for
  as many baskets as the student can make in 1
  hour.

http//www.americanteachers.com/fundraising.cfm
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Shopper affinity programs 

• Many retailers offer programs that will donate a
  percent of your purchase dollarsto your
  school.
• You may need to use a store charge card.

http//www.americanteachers.com/fundraising.cfm
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Fundraiser insurance

• Determine your total fundraising needs and
• sell "Fund-raiser Insurance."
• Sell people a card stating theyre insured from
  all fundraising activities during X period.

http//www.americanteachers.com/fundraising.cfm
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The bad news
10 pound weight gain per year
100 extra calories per day
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Do the math!

• 100 extra calories/day a gain of 10 pounds per
  year
• 2,000 extra steps (about mile)/day burns 100
  calories

Approximate figures
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Average calories
Are your students receiving a passing grade?
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The GOOD news

• The more
• you know,
• the more
• you can eat!
• Carolyn ONeil, co-author of The Dish on
  Eating Healthyand Being Fabulous!

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A short MyPyramid lesson
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Each color represents a food group
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MyPyramid recommends total amounts rather than
servings

• MyPyramid gives more specific guidelines about
  the TYPES and AMOUNTS of foods to eat than
  previous Food Guide Pyramid.

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Portion sizes ½ and 1 cup

• 1 cup 1 baseball

½ cup ½ baseball
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When it comes to fruits veggies

• For optimum health, scientists say eat a
  rainbow of colors. Your plate should look like a
  box of Crayolas.
• Janice M. Horowitz,TIME, January 12, 2002

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How does YOUR plate rate?
Choose a variety of types and colors of fruits
and vegetables.
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Extra calories
Depending on the foods you choose, you may be
able to spend more calories than the amount
required to meet your nutrient needs. 
These calories are the extras that can be used
on luxuries like solid fats, added sugars or on
more food from any food group.
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Calories for 4 - 8 years
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Calories for 9 - 13 years
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Calories for 14 - 18 years
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Definition Added sugars

• Added sugars are sugars and syrups added to
  foods during processing or preparation.

http//www.mypyramid.gov/downloads/MyPyramid_educa
tion_framework.pdf
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Read the Nutrition Facts label for TOTAL sugars
Which food has more TOTAL sugar?
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has more TOTAL sugar
B
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Look at the ingredient list for ADDED sugars
Which food has more ADDED sugar?
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has more ADDED sugar
B
TIP the ingredient that weighs the most in a
food is listed first with the ingredient that
weighs the least, listed last.
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Quick math lesson

• 1 teaspoon added sugar, syrup, honey, jelly
  about20 calories.
• 1 teaspoon solidfat about35 calories.

Check Nutrition Facts labels for more specific
calorie counts and nutrition information.
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• Unfortunately, youth may use up their extra
  calorie allowance by choosing higher fat forms of
  foods or sweetened products in each food group.  

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MyPyramid recommends balancing food calories
with physical activity level
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• Each day or most days, include at least

• 60 minutes of activity

• 10 minutes or more at a time

http//mypyramid.gov/pyramid/calories_used.html
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Walking for 30 minutes
A rate of 3.5 mphuses 140 calories
approximate calories used
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Hiking for 30 minutes

• Uses 185 calories

approximate calories used
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Bicycling for 30 minutes

• Less than 10 mph uses 145 calories
• More than 10 mphuses 295 calories

approximate calories used
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Basketball for 30 minutes

• Vigorous basketballuses 220 calories

approximate calories used
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Jogging for 30 minutes

• A rate of 5 mphuses 295 calories

approximate calories used
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Golfing for 30 minutes

• Carrying clubsuses 165 calories

approximate calories used
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Dancing for 30 minutes

• Uses 165 calories

approximate calories used
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Swimming for 30 minutes

• Slow freestyleuses 255 calories

approximate calories used
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Aerobics for 30 minutes

• Uses 240 calories

approximate calories used
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• Walking up stairs burns almost 5 times more
  calories than riding an elevator!

http//www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/stairwell/index.ht
m
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• Walk the dog dont just watch the dog walk.

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Most important
Have fun while being active!
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• Give yourself a hand if youre physically active
  every day!

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• My weight was OK as a child and no one paid any
  attention to the food I ate
• True but, lets look at portion sizes in the
  good old days

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Did you know

• Scientific experiments have shown the larger the
  portion size, the more you are likely to eat!

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How food portion sizes have changed in 20 years.
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Chocolate chip cookie
275 calories
55 calories
Guess the calorie difference!
220 calories!
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1 hour and 15 minutes
Based on 130-pound person
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Cheeseburger
590 calories
333 calories
Guess the calorie difference!
257 calories!
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1 hour and 30 minutes
Based on 130-pound person
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Soda
250 calories
85 calories
Guess the calorie difference!
165 calories!
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35 minutes
Based on 160-pound person
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Pepperoni Pizza
500 calories
850 calories
Guess the calorie difference!
350 calories!
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How long would you have to golf walking and
carrying clubs to burn about 350 calories?
Increased size 350 MORE calories
1 hour
Based on 160-pound person
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Popcorn
20 Years Ago
5 cups
270 calories
630 calories
Guess the calorie difference!
360 calories!
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How long would you have to do water aerobics to
burn about 360 calories?
Increased size 360 MORE calories
1 hour and 10 minutes
Based on 160-pound person
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Here are some helpful portion sizes
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Portion sizes Meat

• A typical 3 ounce portion of
• cooked meat, fish, or poultry
• a deck of cards

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Portion sizes 1 teaspoon 1 tablespoon

• 1 teaspoon
• about the tip of
• a thumb to
• the first joint

1 tablespoon about 3 thumb tips
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Tip for parents at home Join the portion
control patrol
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Many treat snacks desserts are available in
100 calorie or less portion sizes for example
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Check these links for FREE resources and
materials for schools
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1. http//mypyramid.gov
Check frequently for new resources
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Sample handout (1)
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Download lessons for grades 1-6 (1)
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Interactive web-based game (1)
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Mini-poster side 1 (1)
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Mini-poster side 2 (1)
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Coloring sheet (1)
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Activity sheet (1)
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2. www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov
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Sample recipe (2)
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Sample poster (2)
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3. www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org
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Sample Materials (3)
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Sample Materials (3)
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Sample worksheet (3)
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Sample worksheet (3)
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4. http//nutrientrichfoods.org
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Sample handout (4)
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Sample handout (4)
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5. www.actionforhealthykids.org
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6. www.neactionforhealthykids.org
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7. http//nationaldairycouncil.org/nationaldair
ycouncil/tools
Download free materials
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8. www.nutritionexplorations.org/educators
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Sample activity(8)
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9. www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resources/power_of_choice.h
tml
Downloadlessonplans andcopy-readymaterials her
e
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10. www.beefnutrition.org/matehealthyschoolnutriti
on.aspx
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Sample materials (10)
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Sample materials (10)
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11. www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/index.htm
Links to many resources
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12. www.presidentschallenge.org
Customize and log your activities online single
or group
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13. www.fns.usda.gov/tn/healthy/wellnesspolicy.htm
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Gives sample wellness policies and success
stories
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Success story example 1 (13)

• Duffy Elementary, Tucson, AZ Marcia Little has
  conducted two popular events this year at her
  school. The first was "Start Your Engines" to
  encourage students to eat breakfast.
• Every student who participated in school
  breakfast received a car to color and post on the
  cafeteria wall. Students then received a sticker
  to adorn their car each day they returned for
  breakfast.
• Breakfast participation increased by 50 that
  week!

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Success story example 2 (13)

• Mitchell Senior High School, Mitchell, SD
• Approximately 1,000 students visited this first
  annual student health fair, where over 20 booths
  were on display! Students entered in groups,
  receiving a list of questions. To get the
  answers, students visited the booths and talked
  with the representatives.
• Healthy breakfast items were displayed and
  shared. Students were also able to test hearing,
  vision, sugar-level and fitness, as well as talk
  with eating disorder, and drug and alcohol abuse
  experts. When a student's list of questions was
  answered, it was deposited into a drum from which
  the door prize winners were selected.
• Prizes included bowling certificates, bicycle
  helmets and movie passes. The public was invited
  to attend the fair for the last hour of each day.

It was evident that the fair had an impact, as
the health fair organizer (Linda Bannwarth,
School Nurse) received numerous phone calls from
parents asking to verify the information their
children brought home from the event!
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14. http//lancaster.unl.edu/food/resources.shtml

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Sample interactive PowerPoint (14)
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15. www.nde.state.ne.us/ns/slide_shows.htm
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Sample PowerPoint and online slide show (15)
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• "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful
  committed people can change the world. Indeed it
  is the only thing that ever has."
• Margaret Mead, Anthropologist

Photo Library of Congress athttp//www.loc.gov/l
oc/lcib/0201/mead.html
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• Just because you cant do everything, its no
  excuse to do nothing. Jacqueline Domac,
  Health teacher, Los Angeles

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• Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to
  injure future ones. Seneca (4 BC- 65 AD)

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And, remember this Nebraska resource!
Nutrition Services Nebraska Department of
Education800-731-2233 in Nebraska or 471-2488
in Lincoln
http//www.nde.state.ne.us/NS