3. *Provide the right programs
*Special education
*Teachers
*Facilities
*Technology
*Families
*Assessments
*After school sports
*Volunteer
*Teach safety
*Play outside at home
*Check up
*
4. *
* 1. Use a coordinated approach to develop,
implement, and evaluate healthy eating
and physical activity policies and
practices.
* 2. Establish school environments that
support healthy eating and physical
activity.
* 3. Provide a quality school meal program
and ensure that students have only
appealing, healthy food and beverage
choices offered outside of the school meal
program.
* 4. Implement a comprehensive physical
activity program with quality physical
education as the cornerstone.
* 5. Implement health education that
provides students with the knowledge,
attitudes, skills, and experiences needed
for lifelong healthy eating and physical
activity.
* 6. Provide students with health, mental
health, and social services to address
healthy eating, physical activity, and
related chronic disease prevention.
* 7. Partner with families and community
members in the development and
implementation of healthy eating and
physical activity policies, practices, and
programs.
* 8. Provide a school employee wellness
program that includes healthy eating and
physical activity services for all school
staff members.
* 9. Employ qualified persons, and provide
professional development opportunities
for physical education, health education,
nutrition services, and health, mental
health, and social services staff members,
as well as staff members who supervise
recess, cafeteria time, and out-of-school-
time programs.
5. *
*1. Increase opportunities for physical activity
*2. Integrate physical activity and health
education
*3.Focus on the individual
*4.Work with the community
*5.Invest in teachers as learners
6. *
*Only 8% of elementary schools provide daily education classes to all
of their students
*25% of children are engaged in 30 minutes of any type of daily
physical activity
* It is estimated that boys only spend about 18 minutes engaged in
moderate and vigorous activity and girls spend about 16 minutes
*15% of 6-19 year olds are obese and more than 10% of children 2-5
years old are obese
* (in regards to SES schools) 20% of students did not participate in
any vigorous exercise outside of school and 11% did not participate
in any vigorous activity at all
* Obesity rates for 4 to 5 year olds: white boys 2.7%, girls 9%.
African American boys 8.5%, girls 11.2%. Mexican American boys
12%, girls 13.2%.
*>20% over the recommended weight for height
