Creating Fit Healthy Ready to Learn Environments

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Creating Fit Healthy Ready to Learn Environments
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Michigans GoalTo work with partners statewide
to support schools as they address childhood
weight issues
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• Alarming Unhealthy Weight Trends
• (Obese at or above 95th percentile BMI for age)

Ogden C, Flegal K, Carroll M, Johnson C.
Prevalence and Trends in Overweight Among U.S.
Children and Adolescents, 1999-20000. Journal
of the American Medical Association 2002 Vol.
288, no.14, pp.1728-1732
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On Average, Adolescents Aged 12-17, Get from Soft
Drinks
Soft drinks carbonated beverages,
fruit-flavored and part juice drinks, and sports
drinks Source USDA, Continuing Survey of Food
Intake by Individuals, 1994-96
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1985
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1986
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1987
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1988
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1989
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1990
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1991
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1992
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1993
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1994
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1995
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1996
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1997
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1998
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1999
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2000
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2001
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2002
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
(BMI ?30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 person)
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Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2003
(BMI ?30, or about 30 lbs overweight for 54
person)
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Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Whats the impact of overweight on the health of
our future students?
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Whats driving increases in overweight?
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Nutrition-Related

• Snack calories are increasing
• Kids who drink soft drinks consume more calories
  than kids who dont drink soft drinks
• 1 in 5 MI high school students ate 5 servings of
  fruits/veggies per day
• 1 in 6 MI high school students drank 3 glasses of
  milk daily (females less likely than males)

Michigan Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Weight and
Nutrition Fact Sheet, 2003
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Physical Activity-Related

• 62 9-13 year olds do not participate in
  organized physical activity during non-school
  hours
• 23 of 9-13 year olds dont engage in any free
  time physical activity
• Daily participation in physical education class
  dropped from 42 in 1991 to 25 in 1995MI YRBS
  2001
• Screen time is increasing

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies,
Preventing Childhood Obesity Health in the
Balance. 2005 Fact Sheet. Preventing Childhood
Obesity The Role of Industry http//www.iom.edu/
report.asp?id22596
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Portion Distortion
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Student Health Environment
Physical Activity
Peers
Open Campus
Availability
Nutrition Education

• Ala Carte Sales
• School Parties
• Fundraisers
• School Stores
• Vending
• Boosters
• School Board
• Athletics
• Student Clubs

School Meal Program
Taste
Competition
Time to eat
Parent Knowledge
Role Modeling
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Research Shows Positive Health Behaviors May Lead
to Increased Student Achievement
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School Based Breakfast Lunch Programs
showed...

• Increased School Attendance
• 8 decline in tardiness
• Greater Class Participation
• 73 of staff surveyed in the first-year MMFA
  schools reported an improvement in student
  attentiveness following the start of the program.
• Maryland State Department of Education , School
  and Community Nutrition Programs, Maryland Meals
  for Achievement (MMFA)

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School Based Breakfast Lunch Programs
showed...

• Improved Emotional Behaviors
• Suspensions were down from an average of 4.4 days
  per month to 2.8per month
• Increased Academic Achievement
• MMFA schools saw a five-point increase in
  students who scored at or above the satisfactory
  level.
• Maryland State Department of Education , School
  and Community Nutrition Programs, Maryland Meals
  for Achievement (MMFA)

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School Based Physical Activity Programs

• Increased concentration
• Improved Mathematics, Reading Writing Scores
• Reduced Disruptive Behaviors
• Maintenance of Positive Interpersonal
  Relationships
• Reduced Anxiety, Depression Fatigue

Bridging Student Health Risks and Academic
Achievement Through Comprehensive School Health
Programs Journal of School Health, August 1997
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Policies

• One step toward a
• healthy school environment

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Smoking
Lessons Learned Smoking rates began to decline
when public health professionals realized the
impact of policy and environmental changes.
Broadcast advertising ban Clean Indoor Air
Act Increase in cigarette taxes

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NEW MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICIES

• Making Environmental Change Easy
• Policy on Coordinated School Health Programs To
  Support Academic Achievement and Healthy Schools
• www.michigan.gov/documents/CSHP_Policy_77375_7.pdf

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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICIES

• Policy on Quality Physical Education
• www.michigan.gov/documents/HealthPolicyPE_77380_7.
  pdf

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NEW MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICIES

• Policy on Offering Healthy Food and Beverages In
  Venues Outside of the Federally Regulated Child
  Nutrition Programs
• www.michigan.gov/documents/Healthy_Foods_AttchmtA_
  7.pdf

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Schools Role

• Ensure
• Dietary Guidelines are met campus-wide
• 30 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity is
  participated in during the school day
• PE and Nutrition curricula are taught
• Schools are free of advertising
• School policies and practices promoting healthy
  environment are developed and practiced

Institute of Medicine of the National Academies,
Preventing Childhood Obesity Health in the
Balance. 2005 Fact Sheet. Preventing Childhood
Obesity The Role of Schools http//www.iom.edu/re
port.asp?id22596
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Michigans Consensus For Addressing Childhood
Weight Issues
Order or download at www.emc.cmich.edu/healthy
weight/
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Overall Philosophy of Recommendations

1. Healthy Students Of All Shapes And Sizes
2. The Primary Role Of Schools Is Prevention
3. Schools Should Go Beyond Prevention Only If
   Safeguards Are In Place

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The Michigan Healthy Weight Concept Model
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Consensus Paper Prevention Recommendations

• Create A Coordinated School Health Team
• Conduct An Assessment
• Plan Improvements

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Healthy School Action Tool

• Combines SHI And CTS
• Format Is Simple
• Michigan Specific Questions
• All State Level Partners Promoting
• Launched At Michigan Action For Healthy Kids
  Coalition Meeting (March 2004)

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Healthy School Action Tool
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www.mihealthtools.org
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HSAT

• Combines SHI And CTS
• Format Is Simple
• Michigan Specific Questions
• All State Level Partners Promoting
• Launched At Michigan Action For Healthy Kids
  Coalition Meeting
• Training for facilitators

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Components of Coordinated School Health Teams

1. Family and Community Involvement
2. Comprehensive School Health Education
3. Physical Education
4. School Health Services

• Counseling, Psychological, Social Services
• School Nutrition Services
• Healthy School Environment
• School-site Health Promotion for Staff

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HSAT Purpose

• Create a CSHT
• Identify Strengths
• Identify Weaknesses
• Develop an Action Plan
• Make Policy and Environmental
  Changes

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HSAT Grants

• Small number offered annually since 1999
  provided
• Competitive funding up to 1,000
• Facilitator If Needed
• Technical Assistance
• Resources

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HSAT Modules

1. Introduction
2. Questions
3. Score
4. Creating a Action Plan
5. Taking Action

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Results Successes
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Physical EducationPhysical Activity
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• While NCLB does not address qualifications
  needed to teach physical education, the Michigan
  state legislation and Michigan state board policy
  clearly address the issue.

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State of Michigan

• Requires physical education certification to
  teach PE.
• Requires passing physical education certification
  examination.
• Has adopted the Quality Physical Education
  Policy.

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Michigans Current State LawOn Physical
Education

• (1) Health and physical education for pupils of
  both sexes shall be established and provided in
  all public schools of this state. Subject to
  subsection (2), each pupil attending public
  school in this state who is physically fit and
  capable of doing so shall take the course in
  physical education.

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Michigans Current State LawOn Physical
Education

• (2) A school district may credit a pupils
  participation in extracurricular athletics or
  other extracurricular activities involving
  physical activity as meeting the physical
  education requirement for the pupil under
  subsection (1).
• School Code Sec. 380.1502 revised 1-9-96

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• Policy On Quality Physical Education
• New policy passed by the State Board of Education
  in October 2003.
• The State Board of Education recommends that all
  public schools offer physical education
  opportunities that include components of a
  quality physical education program.
• A quality PE program addresses curriculum,
  instruction, and assessment.

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Legislative

• Senator Cherry is sponsoring Bill 57
• The Board of a school district or Board of
  Directors of a Public School Academy that
  operates an elementary school shall ensure that
  all of its pupils enrolled in the elementary
  grades participate in at least 30 minutes of
  physical activity per school day or 135 minutes
  of physical activity per school week.
  Participation in physical activities as part of
  the physical education curriculum may be counted
  to meet this requirement.

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Contact

• American Heart Association
• www.capitolconnect.com/yourethecure
• follow the prompts to register.

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State of Michigan

• Has established physical education content
  standards and benchmarks.
• Is currently working on grade level content
  expectations. (GLCE)

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• Grade Level Content Expectations
• (GLCE)
• Aligned Content Expectations are a further
  breakdown of the current K-12 content standards
  benchmarks. Developed for each content area.
• Prioritized to meet the needs of various P.E.
  programs.
• Aligned with EPEC.
• Currently in review process.

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Exemplary Physical Education Curriculum
EPEC
The EPEC Physically Educated Person
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EPEC Curriculum/Instruction

• 6-12 materials

• K-5 materials

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State of Michigan

• Currently working on linking physical education
  to the 11 indicators of engagement in
  EducationYes!

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• EducationYes!
• Is Michigans Plan To Help School Districts
  Achieve No Child Left Behind Standards.
• Education Yes! includes eleven indicators of
  engagement that schools need to identify when
  completing their school self-assessment.
  Unfortunately physical education was not
  mentioned anywhere in the indicators.
• Links were made to show how physical education
  correlates to the eleven indicators.
• This document is in its final stages of
  completion.

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Brain Breaks

• Cross curricular collaboration!
• Physical activity in the classroom related to
  curriculum!
• We know that students who are physically active
  are more alert and have better concentration.
• Research has shown that brain development is
  related to movement and the development of motor
  skills

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Brain Breaks

• Research shows that school-based
• physical activity programs can help students
  increase concentration, reduce disruptive
  behaviors, and improve scores in mathematics,
  reading and writing. 3-5
• Research also suggests a critical link
  relationship among movement/attention, spatial
  perception, and learning/memory in youth and
  adults, including those with special needs.6-7

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PA/PE Impact on Learning

• Physical Activity
• Improves self image
• Stimulates chemicals within the brain that
  improve mood
• Reduces stress and anxiety
• Can significantly improve behavior
• A study at the State University of New York at
  Buffalo showed that exercise significantly
  improved behavior. Children ages 5-12 diagnosed
  with ADHD participated in 40 minutes of exercise,
  five days per week. Significant behavior was
  evident in as few as 3 weeks.

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Recess contributes to social/emotional growth

• Recess is one of the most popular responses
• children give for coming to school.
• It is an outlet for reducing/lowering anxiety.
• It provides an opportunity for solitary play.
• Is an opportunity for different cultures to learn
  from each other.
• It encourages children to interact cooperatively.
• It provides the opportunity for an assessment of
  a childs peer relationships.

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Recess contributes to a childs cognitive
intellectual needs

• It provides the opportunity to pump fresh oxygen
  into the body.
• Students who do not get a break are much more
  fidgety in the classroom.
• It provides an opportunity to learn from others.
• It provides a chance for exploration
  creativity.

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Recess addresses a childs physical needs

• Physical activity is essential for the healthy
  growth development of a child.
• Recess provides opportunities for children to
  explore types of play regardless of gender
  stereotypes.
• Recess allows children to learn about their
  bodies capabilities.

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www.saferoutesmichigan.org

• Safe Routes to School
• is a national movement to make it safe,
  convenient and fun for children to bicycle and
  walk to school.
• Develops school teams of stakeholders
• Identifies safety hazards around schools
• Assesses parent and student opinions
• Makes recommendations to improve safety
• Educates students and parents on biking and
  walking safely
• Promotes physical activity and good nutrition
• Builds community awareness
• Provides schools with easy-to-use toolkit

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PE Updates

• Physical Education LISTSERV
• This listserv will help you stay informed on key
  issues in physical education in the State of
  Michigan.  
• To subscribe go to www.state.mi.us/listserv/subs
  cribe.html

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PE Updates

• Michigan Association for Health, Physical
  Education, Recreation and Dance
• Join MAHPERD!!!
• Get Involved!
• www.mimahperd.org

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PE Updates

• Professional Development
• EPEC Trainings
• See www.michiganfitness.org for dates and
  locations.
• AAHPERD National Convention in Chicago! April
  12-16, 2005 www.aahperd.org.
• MAHPERD State Convention in Traverse City Nov.
  1719, 2005 www.mimapherd.org.

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Resources

• Michigan Department of Education Physical
  Education web page http//www.michigan.gov/mde/0
  ,1607,7-140-28753_29234---,00.html
• Or go to michigan.gov/mde
• On the left side of the page, click on K-12
  curriculum.
• On the left side of the page, click on physical
  education.
• Brain Breakswww.emc.cmich.edu

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• Presented by
• Nick Drzal, MPH, RD
• Nutrition Education Consultant
• Michigan Department of Education
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email drzaln_at_michigan.gov
• Trina Boyle Holmes
• Physical Education Consultant
• Michigan Department of Education
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email Boyle-HolmesT_at_michigan.gov