Promoting Nutrition and Physical Activity

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Promoting Nutrition and Physical Activity
Through Afterschool Programs Workshop for
Grantees September 12, 2006
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Agenda
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Manual Set-Up
Agenda and Table of Contents
Project Information
Project Components
Project Assessment
Project Reporting
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Afterschool Curricula
ReCharge!
The Power of Choice
(Media-Smart Youth)
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Workshop Objectives
Participants will
Describe the rationale for incorporating
nutrition and physical activity into
afterschool programs
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Workshop Objectives
Participants will
Become familiar with identified curricula
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Workshop Objectives
Participants will
Share action plan ideas.
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Workshop Objectives
Participants will
Identify resources to help in the
implementation of their action plans.
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Workshop Objectives
Participants will
Refine their action plans.
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Workshop Objectives
Participants will
List their grant responsibilities.
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Project PA

• Collaboration between PA Dept. of Education
  Penn State University

• Began in 1995

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Project PA

• Target audiences SFS personnel,
• teachers, administrators, parents

• Goal Establishing healthy school
• environments

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Project PA Educational Strategies

• Teleconferences

• Workshops/Presentations

• Video/Print Development

• School Mini-grants

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Rationale for Promoting Nutrition and Physical
Activity through Afterschool Programs Project
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Overweight/Obesity in the U. S.

• 64 of US adults are overweight

• this centurys pneumonia

• Related to diabetes, heart disease, stroke,
• some types of cancer, and high blood pressure

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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1991
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
No Data lt10 1014
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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, 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)
No Data lt10 1014
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2002
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4 woman)
No Data lt10 1014
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Source Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, CDC
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2003
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4
person)
No Data lt10 1014 1519
2024 25
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Obesity Trends Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2004
(BMI 30, or 30 lbs overweight for 5 4
person)
No Data lt10 1014
1519 2024 25
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Prevalence of overweight among children and
adolescents ages 6-19 years
Source CDC/NCHS, NHES, and NHANES
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Fewer than one in four children report getting at
least 30 minutes of any type of physical
activity every day. (ILSI, 1997)
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Almost 80 of young people do not meet the
recommended 5 servings of fruits and vegetables
each day.
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Teenagers today drink twice as much carbonated
soda as milk.
(Borrud, et al., 1997)
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Nearly 7 out of 10 adolescent boys DO NOT
meet the recommended intakes for calcium.
(USDHHS, 1994)
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Nearly 9 out of 10 adolescent girls DO NOT
meet the recommended intakes for calcium.
(USDHHS, 1994)
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Bone Health

• Osteoporosis a pediatric disease with
• geriatric consequences.
• Increases in bone fractures among young
• people Link to soda consumption?

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Type 2 diabetes, once called adult onset,
increased ten-fold among children between 1982
and 1994.
(Pinhas-Hamiel et al., 1996)
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CDC predicts 1 out of 3 children born in 2000
will develop diabetes because of poor diet and
exercise habits.
(CDC, 2003)
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1/4 of children, ages 5-10 show early warning
signs for heart disease.
(Freedman et al., 1999)
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A Role for Schools ?
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Unique Role for Schools

• 53 million children spend 6 hrs/day in school on
  weekdays.
• More than 95 of young people attend schools.
• Healthy eating and physical activity are
  traditional curriculum components.
• Associations found between nutrition, physical
  activity, and academic performance.

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Four major school venues for healthy nutrition
and physical activity opportunities

• School food environment
• Classroom health education
• Physical education program
• Recess time

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Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of
2004 requires wellness policies to

• Include goals for nutrition education, physical
  activity and other school-based activities to
  promote student wellness
• Include nutrition guidelines for all foods
• Provide assurance that reimbursable meals meet
  USDA guidelines
• Establish plan for implementation
• Involve a wide variety of individuals

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Funding and Collaborators
USDA Team Nutrition
Pennsylvania Department of Education Division of
Food and Nutrition Bureau of Community and
Student Services
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Program
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Funding and Collaborators
Action for Healthy Kids
Dairy Council
Penn State University
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Promoting Nutrition and Physical Activity Through
Afterschool Programs Grantees
Coatesville Area School District (4 awards) Erie
City School District (3 awards) McKeesport Area
School District Morrisville Borough School
District (2 awards) People for People Charter
School Pine Grove Middle School/IU 29 Pottstown
School District Variety The Childrens Charity
(2 awards) York School District
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Promoting Nutrition and Physical Activity Through
Afterschool Programs Grant Requirements

• Afterschool programs must
• Receive 21st Century program funding.
• Be a school/school district or partner with one.
• Be a Team Nutrition school or commit to enroll.
• Be a sponsor of the Afterschool Snack program or
  commit to become one.
• 5. Implement ReCharge!, The Power of Choice,
  or both.

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Promoting Nutrition and Physical Activity Through
Afterschool Programs Grant Requirements
Afterschool programs must 6. Implement parent
outreach activities. 7. Implement a
peer-mentoring project. 8. Develop a
student-produced video. 9. Describe how project
activities coordinate with districts local
wellness policy. 10. Form a team.
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Promoting Nutrition and Physical Activity Through
Afterschool Programs Grant Requirements
Afterschool programs must 11. Submit an
appropriate budget. 12. Demonstrate commitment to
project. 13. Attend Workshop for Grantees
Debriefing session. 14. Submit required reports,
participate in phone calls with Project
PA, and collect and submit data.
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Project Implementation and Dissemination
2006/2007 School Year
Implementation of project activities in
afterschool programs
Collection and compiling of activity reports,
lessons learned, assessment data
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Project Implementation and Dissemination
Dissemination of project outcomes PA AFHK
meetings (2006/2007 school year) Information
session for Cooperative Extension (Spring
2007) Training session at PDE/AFHK Wellness
Policy Conference (April 30/May 1, 2007)