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