Developing, Implementing and Maintaining your districts Local Wellness Policy

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Developing, Implementing and Maintaining your
districts Local Wellness Policy
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Why are we here?

• We all believe in providing a safe, and healthy
  environment for students and
• Its the law!

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Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act 2004

• No later than the first day of the school year
  beginning after June 30, 2006, each local
  education agency (LEA) with a federally-funded
  school meals program must develop and implement a
  wellness policy.
• The law places the responsibility of developing a
  wellness policy at the local level so the
  individual needs of each school district can be
  addressed

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What Must the Wellness Policy Include?

• Goals for
• nutrition education,
• physical activity
• other school based activities
• Nutrition Guidelines for all foods available
  during the school day
• Guidelines for school meals not less restrictive
  than regulations
• Plan for measuring implementation of the policy
• Designate 1 or more persons
• Involve parents, students, representatives of the
  school authority, the school board, school
  administrators, and the public in development of
  policies.

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Understanding the Need

• Vegetables
• Three fourths of children (all ages) report
  eating at least one vegetable every day
• Most popular vegetable is French Fries!
• Next is tomato products (spaghetti sauce)
• Lower is green beans, corn, peas
• Lowest is nutrient packed dark green or deep
  yellow vegetables

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Super Size It!!

• McDonalds now has the Mighty Kids
• Happy Meal
• A regular size happy meal with a cheeseburger,
  fries, and a coke has 690 calories, 24 grams of
  fat, and 980 mg of sodium
• A mighty kids happy meal with a double
  cheeseburger, fries and a coke has 820 calories,
  34 grams of fat, and 1400 mg of sodium
  remember, this is ONE MEAL!!

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Portion Sizes in the U.S.
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Physical Inactivity

• One-half of U.S. young people (ages 12-21 years)
  regularly participate in vigorous physical
  activity
• 25 report no vigorous physical activity
• 25 spend 4 or more hours a day in front of a
  television

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Obesity

• Body Mass Index (BMI) - a measure of weight in
  relation to height.
• Obesity - having a very high amount of body fat
  in relation to lean body mass, or Body Mass Index
  (BMI) of 30 or higher.
• Overweight - increased body weight in relation to
  height, when compared to some standard (BMI over
  25).

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Obesity in Adults

• 64.5 of American adults are overweight (BMI
  25)
• 30.5 of American adults are obese (BMI 30)
• 4.7 of American adults are extremely obese (BMI
  40)

Source Flegal, et al. JAMA2881723-1727
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1985
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1986
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1987
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1988
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1989
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1990
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1991
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1992
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1993
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1994
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1995
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1996
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1997
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1998
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1999
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2000
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2001
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2002
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Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2003
(BMI ?30, or about 30 lbs overweight for 54
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Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
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Whats Going on in Texas?

• Texas Obesity Numbers Grow
• Everything's bigger in Texas, including the
  people.
• Houston, We Have a Big Problem
• Texas senator proposes obesity reports
• Houston again tops fattest city list
• USA Today, 2005
• America's Fattest City Two years running,
  Houston heavyweights take the cake
• New York Times Company, 2005

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Texas Responds

• Of greatest concern to me is that more than one
  out of three Texas children, 35 percent to be
  exact, are considered overweight or obese
• According to the Texas Obesity Task Force, if
  nothing is done to change poor eating and
  exercise habits among our children, the youngest
  generation is likely to have a shorter life
  expectancy than their parents Rick Perry
• Speech - January 8, 2004

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Texas Responds

• Texas students get new nutrition rules
• Strategic Plan for the Prevention of Obesity in
  Texas
• NELSON CALLS FOR RETURN OF EXERCISE TO PUBLIC
  SCHOOL DAY
• SB 19/1357
• Law-develop a Local Wellness Policy

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What now? Where Do I Start?

• Share information
• Superintendents Package
• LAW
• Texas Public School Nutrition Policy
• Superintendents Letter

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Identify Possible Barriers

• Be prepared for possible obstacles/barriers
• Activity List possible challenges that you might
  encounter
• Be proactive-discuss possible solutions

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Basic Steps for Establishing a Local Wellness
Policy

• Form a team Do you have a functioning SHAC?
• Assess the needs-SHI
• Create policies
• Implement policies
• Maintain the effort

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1.Forming a team

• Recognize any existing efforts underway in the
  school or community.
• If your school already has a school health
  council under the Coordinated School Health
  Program, or other similar infrastructure with
  Team Nutrition, they will be well-positioned to
  assist in the development of the policy.

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Rally your teamWho should be involved?

• students
• parents
• school food authority
• school boards
• school administrators
• general public
• SHAC?

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What is a SHAC?

• A SHAC (School Health Advisory Committee) is a
  group of parents, community members and school
  personnel working together to ensure all children
  have every opportunity to be healthy, and that
  schools provide a healthy learning environment.

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Who Should Be A SHAC Member?

• 51 must be parents in the district that are not
  employees of the School District.
• School Personnel Students
• Colleges Civic Organizations
• Faith Community Government
• Business Social Services
• Medical Community Law Enforcement

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2. Assessing the Needs

• Before making plans to develop policies, you
  should assess the needs of your students.
• Changing the Scene Improvement Checklist
• School Health Index a Self-assessment and
  Planning Guide (see SHI)
• Keys to Excellence Standard of Practice for
  Nutrition Integrity
• Other school surveys

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3. Lets Get Started Writing the Policy

• Develop a Mission Statement
• Brainstorm what these phrases mean to you and
  your district
• Nutrition Education
• Physical Activity
• Nutrition Standards
• Other School related activities

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Lets Get Started Writing the Policy

• Developing Goals
• Working in 4 groups
• Nutrition Education
• Physical Activity
• Nutrition Standards
• Other School related activities
• Review the suggested ideals/goals at your table
• As a group, chose one goal
• Write a guideline to accompany the goal

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3. Policy Requirements

• Goals and Guidelines
• Nutrition education goals
• Physical activity goals
• Nutrition standards
• Other school-based activities
• Refer to Wellness Policy Fundamentals

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3. Policy Requirements

• 1. Nutrition Education Goals
• Goals should focus on
• Proper nutrition
• Developing a consistent message about good
  nutrition
• Effective instructional strategies that promote
  good nutrition
• Influencing students eating behaviors

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3. Policy Requirements

• 2. Physical Activity Goals
• Goals should focus on
• developing knowledge and skills for specific
  physical activities
• maintaining physical fitness
• regularly participate in physical activity
• understand the short- and long-term benefits of a
  physically active and healthful lifestyle.

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3. Policy Requirements

• 3. Nutrition Standards
• Goals should focus on standards
• Food and beverage consumption
• A la carte
• Vending machines
• Fund raisers
• Class parties
• Remember-the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy
  already provides standards

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3. Policy Requirements

• 4. Other School-Based Activities
• Goals should focus on
• Promoting a healthy and nutritious environment
  through a variety of other school based
  activities
• Providing enough time to eat
• Prohibiting use of food as a reward/punishment
• Establishing strategies to involve the entire
  school community

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Sample Policies

• Austin School District
• In May 2003 adopted a 5-year multi-strategy plan,
  developed by SHAC nutrition sub-committee, to
  help schools create healthy school nutrition
  environments.
• Mercedes School District
• Established nutrition standards for competitive
  foods, made more healthful foods and beverages
  available, adopted marketing techniques to
  promote healthy choices
• Calvert County Public Schools

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Putting the Policy Together

• See sample templates
• Send policy for Board Approval

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4. Implementing the Policy

• Requires good planning
• Management skills
• Necessary resources
• Consistent enforcement
• Widespread buy-in by school staff and the local
  community.
• Leadership, commitment, communication and
  support are the keys to your success.

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5. Maintaining the effort

• Periodically assess how well the policy is being
  managed and enforced, and evaluate any financial
  impact to vending policies.
• Evaluation and feedback are very important in
  maintaining a sound, school wellness policy.
• Measurement tool

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Creating Policies- Resources available

• The National Association of State Boards of
  Education (NASBE)
• Fit, Healthy, and Ready to Learn
• Changing the Scene Improving the School
  Nutrition EnvironmentA Guide to Local Action
• CDC Guidelines for School Health Programs to
  Promote Lifelong Healthy Eating
• CDC Guidelines for School and Community Programs
  to Promote Lifelong Physical Activity among Young
  People

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Need Help?

• Kelly Cline
• School Health Specialist
• Region 4 ESC
• 713-744-6531
• kcline_at_esc4.net