The Top Ten Reasons to Address Physical Activity and Healthy Eating in Schools

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• The Top Ten Reasons to Address Physical Activity
  and Healthy Eating in Schools
• New York Statewide Center for Healthy Schools
• Little Falls, NY
• April, 2004

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Top Ten Reason 10 Thats where the kids (and
staff) are!

• 97 of children and youth are enrolled in school.
• Including faculty staff, 20 of the U.S.
  population is in schools
• - United States Department of Education

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Reaching children and youth
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1 U.S. Department of Education, National Center
for Education Statistics, Digest of Education
Statistics, 1996 (based on Common Core of Data)
and Projections of Education Statistics to 2007,
1997.
22001 Brian D. Ray, National Home Education
Research Institute, NHERI
32000 Boy Scouts of America Annual Report, 2000
The Year in Review.scouting.org/excomm/00annual/03
.html42000 Boys Girls Clubs of America
www.bgca.org/whoweare/facts.asp5ww.ymca.com/progr
ams/teens/Teens.htm6Girl Scouts of the USA
2000 Annual Report
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Reason 9 Schools provide physical education
and food services.

• Physical education and nutrition programs have
  long been a part of the school experience.
• Physical activity and dietary patterns are
  established during childhood.
• Research shows that well-implemented school
  programs are effective in promoting healthy
  behaviors.
• - Marx, Wooley Northrup (1998). Health is
  Academic.

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Reason 8 Parents support health and physical
education in schools.

• 85 of parents surveyed want their children to
  have daily physical education.
• 82 said that health education is either more
  important than or as important as other subjects
  taught in school.
• NASBE (May 2000). Opinion Research Survey
• American Cancer Society Survey (1993)
• McRel (1999). What Americans Believe Students
  Should Know.
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, www.rwjf.org
  (2003)

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Reason 7 Kids are less active than they used
to be.

• Participation in daily physical education has
  decreased from 41 in 1991 to 19 in 2003
• Kids are watching more television
• 53 of youth ages 12 - 18 have a TV in their
  bedroom
• 34 of youth ages 2 - 17 watched 5 or more hours
  of TV per day in 1990, up from 10 in 1970.
• CDC NYS Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2003)
• Kaiser Family Foundation Survey (1999)

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Reason 6 Kids have poor eating habits.

• 24 reported eating 5 or more servings of
  fruits/vegetables a day
• 17 reported drinking 3 or more glasses of milk a
  day
• 45 (60 female) were trying to lose weight
• 11 (15 female) fasted for 24 hours to lose or
  keep from gaining weight
• - CDC NYS Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2003)

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Reason 5 Kids are drinking more soda and less
milk

• Soft drink consumption among 12 - 17 year olds
  increased by 41 between 1989-91 and 1994 - 95.
• Soft drinks provide 11 of daily calories for
  this age group
• Milk consumption dropped by 6 during the same
  period.
• - USDA Continuing Survey of Food Intake of
  Individuals

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Reason 4 Diabetes Type II is increasing among
children and youth.

• The incidence of Type II diabetes among
  school-aged children has increased.
• Since 1990, 8 - 45 of all new cases have been
  reported in pediatric clinics.
• About 30,000 adolescents ages 12 - 19 were
  diagnosed in 1988 - 94.
• Up to 85 of affected children are
  overweight/obese at diagnosis.
• CDC Division of Diabetes
• American Diabetes Association

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Reason 3 Kids are more overweight and obese.

• 27.1 of children aged 5 - 10 have 1 or more
  adverse CVD risk factor levels.
• 60.6 for overweight children
• 6.9 of children aged 5 - 10 have 2 or more
  adverse CVD risk factor levels.
• 26.5 for overweight children
• - Freidman, D.S., et all (1999). Journal of
  Pediatrics.

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Percentage of U.S. Adolescents, Ages 12-17, Who
Are Overweight CDC/NCHS, NHES and NHANES 2001
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Reason 2 Promoting physical activity healthy
eating is a critical health priority.

• Physical inactivity and poor dietary patterns are
  the 2nd and 3rd leading causes of morbidity and
  mortality in the U.S. and in NY State.
• Increased health care costs are in our future.
• - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Causes of All Deaths in the U.S., 2001Source
CDC, National Vital Statistics Reports 2002
52(19)
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Results in New York State

• Results of BRFSS from 1985 to 2002 indicating
  percentage of the population that is obese -
  defined as 30 or more pounds overweight.
• 10 - 14 is medium blue shaded states
• 15 - 19 is dark blue shaded states
• 20 - 24 yellow
• 25 red
• Keep your eye on New York State

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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1985
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1986
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1987
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1988
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1989
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1990
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1991
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data 1519
Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1992
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data 1519
Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1993
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data 1519
Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1994
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data 1519
Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1995
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data 1519
Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1996
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data 1519
Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1997
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data 1519
Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1998
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data 1519 2024
Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1999
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data 1519 2024
Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2000
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
No Data 1519 2024
Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2001
(BMI ? 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 54 woman)
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Reason 1 Physical activity healthy eating
contribute to school success.

• Kids who eat breakfast perform better in
  schools.
• Kids who are physically active during the day are
  more alert in class.
• Kids who are healthy miss fewer days of school.
• - Association of State and Territorial
  Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Society of State
  Directors of Health, Physical Education and
  Recreation (SSDHPER) 2002. Making the
  Connection Health and Student Achievement

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What can schools do?

• Implement CDC Guidelines to Promote Physical
  Activity Healthy Eating
• School Health Policy/Guidelines
• K-12 Skills-Based Instruction
• Staff Development Staff Wellness
• Parent/Family/Community Involvement
• Health Promoting Environment
• Coordination with all school programming
• Assessment Evaluation