Obesity: What Can We Do? Freddi Adelson, MS, RN DPI School
Nurse Consultant March 11, 2015
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5 Things That You Learned From Webinar
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Most Important Take Away?
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Psychological Testing Juvenile Courts Mental Health Services
Environmental Health Crime Prevention After-school Programs Special
Education Physical Education Child Protective Services Social
Services School Safety Pupil Services Nutrition Education
Immunizations Staff Wellness School Food Services Drug Prevention
Health Services Pregnancy Prevention Clinic HIV/STD Prevention
Health Education Drug Services Smoking Cessations Counseling An
Example of a Typical School Community Organizations
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Healthy Food Options Success in School is More Than Just
Academics 5 Schools must also consider other factors that affect
academic achievement: Healthy Food Options Opportunities To Be
Physically Active
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Health and Academic Achievement Know the evidence Share the
message Take action
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Physical Activity and Academic Achievement Physical Activity
Practice Related Academic Achievement Outcomes Students who are
physically active Have better grades, better school attendance, and
better classroom behaviors Higher physical activity and physical
fitness levels Improved cognitive performance More participation in
physical education class Better grades, standardized test scores,
and classroom behavior Time spent in recess Improved cognitive
performance and classroom behaviors Participation in brief
classroom physical activity breaks Improved cognitive performance,
classroom behaviors, and education outcomes Participation in
extracurricular physical activities Higher GPAs, lower drop-out
rates, and fewer disciplinary problems 7
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Three Key Concepts 1.Get at least 60 minutes of physical
activity: DYGY60? Did You Get Your 60? 2.Utilize five key
strategies that are relatively low resource: Active Schools: Core
4+ 3.Pick strategies that have the greatest impact: Impact = Reach
x Dose Goal How to get to the goal
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Active Schools: Core 4+
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Delivering some dose One Example in a school of 100 kids
Scenario 1 School with 100 students holds a 1-day event where kids
walk for 30 minutes. All kids participate so impact is 3 doses x
100% = 300 (for the year) 300 18,000 Scenario 2 School institutes a
new policy that requires daily active classrooms where there is 5
minutes of activity in the morning & 5 minutes in the
afternoon. All kids participate, so impact is 1 dose/day x 100% of
the kids = 100 x 180 school days = 18,000 (for the year) Use 1 dose
of activity is equal to 10 minutes. Child goal is 60 minutes per
day or 6 doses.
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http://sspw.dpi.wi.gov/sspw_physicaled
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How Do You Persuade or Influence the Use of Rewards Other Than
Food? Share facts Be a role model Stay away from exaggeration
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How Could You Use this Webinar with Other Groups
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Resources Wisconsin Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity
Program home page https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/physical-
activity/index.htm https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/physical-
activity/index.htm Wisconsin Nutrition, Physical Activity, and
Obesity Resources - School Initiatives
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/node/4201
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/node/4201 Winnebago County Active
Community site https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p0/
p00780e.pdf https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p0/
p00780e.pdf
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Resources Alternatives to Food Rewards
http://healthymeals.nal.usda.gov/hsmrs/Conn
ecticut/Food_As_Reward.pdf
http://healthymeals.nal.usda.gov/hsmrs/Conn
ecticut/Food_As_Reward.pdf CDC: Health and Academic Achievement
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/health_and_aca demics/index.htm
Wisconsin DPI: Active Schools Core +4
http://sspw.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce
/sspw/pdf/pewhycore4.pdf
http://sspw.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce
/sspw/pdf/pewhycore4.pdf
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References Incidence of Childhood Obesity in the United States
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1 309753#t=article
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1 309753#t=article
Contact Information Freddi Adelson, MS, RN 608-267-9244
[email protected]