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Physical Activity: Guidelines for Youth Let’s Move!. April 2010 Heather Lysfjord, M Ed, American College of Sports Medicine: Certified Fitness Instructor. Overview. Physical Activity Guidelines Background Physical activity research findings Definitions - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Physical Activity: Guidelines for Youth
Let’s Move!
April 2010
Heather Lysfjord, M Ed,
American College of Sports Medicine: Certified Fitness Instructor
Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Overview• Physical Activity Guidelines
– Background– Physical activity research findings– Definitions– Physical activity recommendations
• Let’s Move campaign– Healthy choices– Healthier schools– Physical activity– Access to Affordable Healthy Food
• Resources
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Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Physical Activity Guidelines for Youth
Children and Adolescents ages 6-17
Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Guidelines Background• US Department of Health & Human Services
(HHS) published comprehensive Physical Activity Guidelines for the first time in 2008
• Physical Activity Guidelines (Guidelines) are for Americans aged 6 years and older
• 1st major review of the science on benefits of physical activity in more than a decade
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Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Guidelines Background• The more physical activity (PA) you do, the more
you benefit• A total amount of activity per week allows people
to design their own way of meeting the guidelines
• Physical activity recommendations for groups such as children and adolescents, adults, older adults, persons with disabilities, pregnant and postpartum women, and persons with some chronic conditions.
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Research findings• Regular physical activity reduces the risk of
many adverse health outcomes.
• Episodes of activity that are at least 10 minutes long count toward meeting the Guidelines
• Some physical activity is better than none.
• Both aerobic (endurance) and muscle-strengthening (resistance) physical activity are beneficial.
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Research findings
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Research findings• Additional benefits occur as the amount of
physical activity increases through higher intensity, greater frequency, and/or longer duration.
• Health benefits of physical activity occur for children and adolescents, young and middle-aged adults, older adults, and those in every studied racial and ethnic group.
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Research findings• Health benefits of physical activity are attainable
for people with disabilities.
• The benefits of physical activity outweigh the risks of injury and heart attack.
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DefinitionsAerobic Activity: the body's large muscles move in a
rhythmic manner for a sustained period of time (i.e. brisk walking, running, bicycling, jumping rope, and swimming)
Bone-Strengthening Activity: an activity that produces a force on the bones that promotes bone growth and strength. This force is commonly produced by impact with the ground
Muscle-Strengthening Activity: an activity that causes the body's muscles to work or hold against an applied force or weight
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DefinitionsDuration: how long a person does an activity in
any one session
Frequency: how often a person does aerobic activity; and
Intensity: how hard a person works to do the activity. The intensities most often examined are moderate intensity (equivalent in effort to brisk walking) and vigorous intensity (equivalent in effort to running or jogging)
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Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
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DefinitionsSedentary Activity: non-moving activity.
Screen Time: any time spent in front of a screen, such as watching television, DVDs, computer, and/or video games
Structured Physical Activity: an activity planned and directed by a parent, caregiver or teacher, and is designed to accommodate the child’s developmental level
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Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
DefinitionsTummy Time: the time an infant spends on their
stomach throughout the day. Tummy time is only for when the child is awake. Infants should be put to sleep on their back
Unstructured Physical Activity: child-initiated physical activity that occurs as the child explores their environment
Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Recommendations: • Daily Physical Activity for at least 60 minutes
– Aerobic at least 3 days/week• As part of their 60 or more minutes of daily PA• Moderate- to Vigorous- intensity activity• and Vigorous-intensity activity
– Muscle-strengthening at least 3 days/week• As part of their 60 or more minutes of daily PA • Movements that strengthen muscles with and without weights
– Bone-strengthening at least 3 days/week• As part of their 60 or more minutes of daily PA
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Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Recommendations: Children & Adolescents with Disabilities
• Meet the guidelines for children & adolescents when possible, or as much activity as condition allows
• Work with health care provider for activities that are appropriate
• Avoid being inactive
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Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Recommendations: • Daily outdoor time• Age appropriate, fun, and offer variety• Limit screen time to < 2 hours per day
– TV/DVD– Computer– Video games
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Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Supporting the Recommendations:
• Play games incorporating music, imitation, children led
• Encourage invention & adaption of games
• Support unstructured PA (child led free play)
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Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Incorporate Physical Activity into Nutrition Messages
• Nutrition Messages– Eat a rainbow– Vegetables– MyPyramid
• Physical Activity– Snack attack– Salad mixer– Rope climbing
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Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Let’s Move!
Introduction to the Campaign
Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
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Let’s Move!
• Goal: to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation.– Healthy Choices– Healthier Schools– Physical Activity– Access to Affordable Healthy Food
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Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Let’s Move!
• Healthy Choices– Empowering Consumers– A prescription for healthier living– Next Generation Food Pyramid– Empowering Change– Let’s Move start up tools
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Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Let’s Move!
• Healthier Schools– Healthier US Schools Challenge Program– Reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act
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Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Let’s Move!
• Physical Activity– Presidential Active Lifestyle Award
• Goal is to double the number of children in the 2010-2011 school year who earn a “Presidential Active Lifestyle Award” by engaging in regular physical activity.
– President’s Physical Fitness Challenge• Modernize and increase participation in the
challenge, so it’s not just about how athletic kids are, but how active they are each day
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Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Let’s Move!
• Access to Affordable Healthy Food– Healthy Food Financing Initiative
• Bring healthier food options to grocery stores, farmers markets, convenience stores, bodegas to underserved areas to eliminate food deserts
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Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity
Leadership for a Healthy Arizona
Resources• ADHS Physical Activity
www.azdhs.gov/phs/physicalactivity/• Let’s Move!
www.letsmove.gov/• MyPyramid
www.mypyramid.gov• Nemours: Best practices for physical activity
www.nemours.org/content/dam/nemours/www/filebox/service/preventive/nhps/paguidelines.pdf
• Physical activity guidelineswww.health.gov/paguidelines/
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