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March 2008 - AZ Nutrition Network
Sharon Hoelscher Day
Extension Agent, Family & Consumer Sciences
Healthy Active Kids
• Healthy Lifestyles Work Group
•Walk across Arizona, Bone Builders Physical Activity Program, School Wellness, STEPS, Healthy Meetings, plus more . . .
•Connects health food choices with regular physical activity for adults & youth
Healthy Active Kids
• 25% of school age children in Arizona are overweight
• 24% of low-income children between 3 and 5 years of age in Arizona are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight.
(CDC PedNSS, 2002)
• 24% of Arizona high-school students are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight
(CDC YRBSS, 2003)
Healthy Active Kids
“Obesity/overweight is NOT the Problem!”
Joanne Ikeda, UC Berkley
Healthy Active Kids
Behaviors which are causing unhealthy weight gain as well as increased risk of chronic disease in all children.”
•Joanne Ikeda, UC Berkley
“The Problem is . . .
• “Overweight children are like the canaries in the mine. They are a warning that most of our children have unhealthy lifestyles”
•Joanne Ikeda, UC Berkley
The Problem is . . .
•Too much screen time
•Food marketing to children
•High fat, high sugar, high calorie foods
•Inactivity
•Vicious cycle of inactivity
► overweight ►inactivity ►increased overweight ► ► ► ►
Perfect Storm
• Capacity Building
• Jan. 13th, 2006 - Healthy Active Kids
• UA video conference - Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff & Sierra Vista
• 78 faculty, staff, community partners and volunteers
Healthy Active Kids
•MyPyramid
•Healthy Meetings
•Power Panther
•Portion sizes
•Verb - It’s what you do
•Winning the Rockies
•Classy Moves
Healthy Active Kids Curriculum
Eight workshops in Tucson, Phoenix, St Johns, Sierra Vista, Kingman in 2007 135 participants They rated their knowledge about promoting nutrition and physical activity behaviors in children BEFORE this program was 3.7 on 5 point scale with 5 high and 4.5 afterwards.
Healthy Active Kids Workshops
Integrating Healthy Lifestyles into Youth Programs/Classroom: Mobilizing for Local Action MyPyramid Healthy Choices for Children & Families Healthy Meetings Portion Control and Hunger Scale Classy Moves – Physical activity for improved learning and discipline Healthy Celebrations, Snacks and Rewards Curriculum for healthy eating and physical activity & Hands-on Curriculum
Healthy Active Kids Components
• 4-5 month follow up survey reported using Health Active Kids resources with 5064 additional people in their communities
• Using materials at their school
• Added parent involvement
• Kids understand portion size
• Included “healthy kids” concepts at
all school functions
Healthy Active Kids
• Partners for Healthy Active Children, Companeros Para Ninos Sanos y Activos
• University of Arizona
• YMCA of Metropolitan Tucson
• Sunnyside Unified School District
• Expanding physical activity through increased capacity
• Expand nutrition education with AzNN
“Partners”
• UA Cooperative Extension uses HAK concepts with AzNN schools & teachers & other partners
• Focus on Capacity Building & training teachers and community partners
• Integrate nutrition & physical activity in elementary grades
Healthy Active Kids
•Good nutrition and moderate physical activity can improve students’ concentration and learning.•Connect to academic standards•Nutrition education is a part of
–Your school’s wellness policy –Arizona Comprehensive Health and Physical Activity Standards–No Child Left Behind Act
Why Healthy Active Kids for Schools
Limited teacher timeAIMS testing - non-performing schoolsNutrition may not be a high priorityGetting hour reports back
Challenges Working with Schools
• Make it easy • Match nutrition concepts to Academic Standards• Build personal connections• . . . . . .
2-3 minute activity breakDone inside classroomDo a Classy Move after 30 minutes sitting or studying6 hour x 5 minutes/hr x 5 days = 150 minutesClassy Moves gets your blood movingKids are meant to move!
Classy Moves
Wellness guidelines recommend 60 minutes per day physical activity for childrenNIH TAAG - Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls in AZ University of ArizonaNC Dept of Education EnergizersConnects physical activity & academic achievement
Clement & Schneider 2005, CA Dept. of Education 2006
Classy Moves
Gets blood movingImproves concentrationMore oxygen = Better learningImproves disciplineProvides structured activity
Why Classy Moves?
Hot SeatStand like a treePass it on - Uno style
Red - squats Blue - jump to skyYellow - twistGreen - swim
Invisible Jump Rope
Classy Moves
• Nutrition classes with students• Training with teachers• “Bobby Bucks” to exchange for teaching resources
Pinal & La Paz County
• Department of Nutrition & Cooperative Extension & Sunnyside SD
• Build on “Partners” concept
• Nibbles Newsletter
• Training for teachers
• Monthly “Nibbles”
• Awesome Apple award
Pima County
Monthly Newsletter or Resources
Quick Nutrition Messages
1.Choose theme for month. Ex. Focus on Fruits.2.Choose the message for the current week.3.Use the message during the school day. Examples: message on the board, reading the message over the morning announcements, 4.Use that message to generate discussion. Ex. If you want to do better in school, don ユ t forget to eat more fruits and veggies! Ask the students to raise their hands if they ate a fruit or a vegetable that morning.
• Pima Co. Community Food Bank
• Tucson Parks & Rec
• YMCA
• Keys Community Center
• Salt River Indian Community
Community Partnerships
• Germ City
• 4-H nutrition classes
• Bone Builders classes with parent groups
ª FUN - Families Understand Nutrition
Maricopa County
Partnerships with:Roosevelt Elementary DistrictIsaac Elementary DistrictMurphy Elementary DistrictMesa District and others
Monthly Teacher Resources
Lesson materialsCurriculum - Professor Popcorn, Creative Pockets, MyPyramidVisualsTeaching resourcesCD of resourcesClassy Moves kitsLending LibraryHealthy Meeting Resources
Site Coordinators
Pima & Maricopa Counties
Distribute teaching resources & incentive items
Collect teacher hour logs
Personal connection at school
Poster & Essay Contest
School Events - Field Days
School Events - Field Days
School Events - Family Fitness Nights
School Events - Jump for Heart
Partner Idea Sharing
1 - Building personal connection
2 - Motivating & recognizing partners
3 - How to evaluate impacts
• Pima County - Vanessa Stanford
• 520-626-4920
• Maricopa County - Sharon Hoelscher Day
• 602-470-8086 Ext. 332 shday@cals.arizona.edu
Healthy Active Kids
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