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Let’s Move: Paraprofessionals and Their Role in the First Lady’s Initiative
National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals Conference
May 2011
Lisa SharmaNEA Health Information Network
Our Mission
Improve the health and safety of the school community by developing and disseminating information and programs that educate and empower school professionals and positively impact the lives of students.
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How HIN Achieves its Mission• Training at conferences• Organizing for change• Creating publications that answer
questions• Providing online courses• Responding to members
What We Will Cover• Overview of the obesity problem• Lets Move! overview• Action Steps to Success: Schools• What can YOU do?
We will have fun!
That’s Me!
Why is this issue important? • Obesity among adults and children is at epidemic
proportions • Steady increase in rates of overweight and obesity
over the last three decades• Overweight and obese children are likely to become
obese adults• Obesity is one of the leading causes for mortality
and linked to other serious illnesses
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US Obesity Rates1995-2009
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Source : CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Childhood Obesity: Trends• More than one-third of American children under
age 19 are overweight or obese• Highest rates are black teenage girls and Hispanic
youth
• Obese children have risk factors for cardiovascular disease, psychosocial problems, and other ailments
• Obese children more likely to become obese adults
• Overweight and obese children do not do as well academically
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Overweight and Obesity (Age 10-17) 2003
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Survey of Children's Health 2003. Retrieved 12/01/2009 from http://mchb.hrsa.gov/overweight/state.htm. 10
Overweight and Obesity (age 10-17)2005
Source: The National Survey of Children's Health. Childhood Obesity Action Network. State Obesity Profiles, 2008. http://www.nschdata.org:80/Content/ObesityReportCards.aspx. 11
Overweight and Obesity (age 10-17)2007
Source: Childhood Obesity Action Network. State Obesity Profiles, 2009. http://wwww.nschdata.org/content/07obesityreportcards.aspx. 12
Obesity and Overweight: Causes
Let’s Move
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oBeuSCfGeg&feature=channel
Federal response: Let’s Move!• The Let’s Move! campaign, started by First Lady
Michelle Obama, has a national goal of ending childhood obesity within a generation.
• Let’s Move! has four pillars:– Empowering parents and caregivers – Providing healthy food in schools – Improving access to healthy, affordable foods– Increasing physical activity
• For more information visit www.letsmove.gov
Let’s Move! 5 Steps to Success: Schools
Let’s Move Steps to Success: Schools1. Create a School Health Advisory Council
– Advisory group that assesses the school health environment and programs and policies in place and identify ways to strengthen
– Formed at the district or school level, usually 10-20 members of school staff, community members, family members and students
Alliance for a Healthier Generation School Wellness Council Toolkit: http://www.healthiergeneration.org/uploadedFiles/For_Schools/Helpful_Tools/08Toolkit_SWC.pdf
Let’s Move Steps to Success: Schools1. Create a SHAC: Activity Ideas
– Use CDC School Health Index to assess your school’s environment and take action steps: http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/SHI/
– Create healthy food policies for vending, fundraising and birthdays
– Conduct a “walkability assessment” to promote Safe Routes to School
Alliance for a Healthier Generation School Wellness Council Toolkit: http://www.healthiergeneration.org/uploadedFiles/For_Schools/Helpful_Tools/08Toolkit_SWC.pdf
Let’s Move Steps to Success: Schools1. Create a SHAC: Activity Ideas: Promote Safe
Routes to School– Decline in walking/biking to school
• 1969: 42% of all students, 87% who live < 1 mile of school• 2001: 16% of all students, 63% who live < 1 mile of school
– Safe Routes to School (SRTS)• Increase physical activity, improve unsafe walking/biking
conditions, may improve air quality• Four “E’s” : Education, Encouragement, Enforcement,
Engineering
Let’s Move Steps to Success: Schools2. Join the Healthier US Schools Challenge
– Recognition for schools that create healthier school environments
– Establishes rigorous standards for schools’:• food quality • meal program participation• physical activity & physical education• nutrition education
– To join: http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/healthierus/index.html
Let’s Move Steps to Success: Schools3. Make Your School A Healthy Worksite
– Role modeling for students: be more active and try to eat healthier foods and beverages, especially at school
– Identify nutrition and physical activity interests and needs of school employees
– Create a school employee wellness program• Lead by example!
Let’s Move Steps to Success: Schools3. Make Your School A Healthy Worksite: School
Employee Wellness Programs• Decreased absenteeism• Lower health care costs• Lower insurance costs• Fewer work-related injuries • Fewer worker compensation
claims• Fewer disability claims• Increased productivity
• Increased employee morale • Increased employee retention • Attractiveness to new
employees • Positive community image• Increased healthy behaviors• Healthy role models
http://www.schoolempwell.org
Let’s Move Steps to Success: Schools4. Incorporate Nutrition and Physical Education
into the Curriculum– Incorporate physical activity and healthy eating
concepts into the school day and curriculum– Activity ideas:
• Food group alphabet cards• Bingo• Classroom-based movement
– Geography Lesson – African dance video
http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/publications/teachingTools/upload/PA-During-School-Day.pdf
• Quality Physical Education • Active recess• Walking or biking to school• Before/after school physical
activity
Let’s Move Steps to Success: Schools5. Plant a School Garden
– Partner with local business, parents, community groups (e.g. Cooperative Extension Service, Master Gardeners) for assistance• Search online for “school garden grants”• Hold a community build day
– Incorporate gardening into classroom lessons, food service taste tests, physical education activities
Southeast San Diego, CA
Detroit, MI
What can YOU do? • What we eat and how much we are active
impacts how we feel• Be more physically active
– 30 min moderate physical activity, 5+ days/week– 20 min vigorous physical activity, 3+ days/week
• Eat a healthy diet– Eat a RAINBOW of fruits and vegetables, whole
grains, lean meats and low-fat dairy
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MAKING HEALTHIER CHOICES QUIZ
Which is the better option?
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Eggs and bacon or French Toast Sticks
Which is the better option?
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Arby’s Roast Beef Melt or Arby’s Turkey and Swiss
Which is the better option?
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Pizza Hut Thin & Crispy OR Pizza Hut’s Thin and Crispy Cheese Pizza Ham & Pineapple pizza
Additional Resources • Let’s Move
– http://www.letsmove.gov
• Action for Healthy Kids– http://www.actionforhealthykids.org– http://www.studentstakingcharge.org
• Alliance for a Healthier Generation– http://www.healthiergeneration.org/
Additional Resources • Instant Recess / Lift Off!
– http://www.toniyancey.com/IR_CDDVD.html
• Safe Routes to School National Partnership– http://www.saferoutespartnership.org/
• RWJF Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity– http://www.reversechildhoodobesity.org/
• Fuel Up to Play 60– http://www.fueluptoplay60.com/
Additional Resources• National Association for Sport and Physical Education
(NASPE)– http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/
• NASPE Key Points of Quality PE– http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/publications/
teachingTools/key-points-of-QPE.cfm • NASPE Resources for Integrating P-Act into the
School Day– http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/publications/
teachingTools/upload/PA-During-School-Day.pdf
Questions?Lisa [email protected]
NEA Health Information Network1201 16th St., NW Suite 216 Washington, DC 20036www.neahin.org
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