Why you need to exercise

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Why you need to exercise
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Physical Education is the only subject which,
by the very nature of its content, has the
potential to affect how a person will feel every
moment of every day for the rest of his or her
life. Brush teeth?
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WHY the Focus on Physical Education?

• number overweight children has more than doubled
  in the past 20 years
• number of overweight adolescents has tripled

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Why the Focus on Physical Education?

• U.S. Surgeon General has identified OBESITY as
  the greatest health problem of the 21st Century
• 1 out of 3 children born in 2000 will develop
  diabetes in their lifetime

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Hazards of Obesity
Yellow- globules of fat
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Diabetes- Insulin

• Eat food
• Increases glucose in the blood
• Need insulin to grab hold of the glucose to be
  used as energy

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Too much sugar

• The glucose stays in the blood because the body
  cannot produce enough insulin to collect it
• Sugar in the blood causes poor circulation that
  damages kidneys, nerves, eyes heart

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HFCS

• Sugar from corn
• Cheap to produce
• Very sweet
• Easy to store
• Used in everything bread, pasta sauces, bacon,
  beer, protein bars

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10 teaspoons of sugar per day
10 tsp
19 tsp
9 tsp
6 tsp
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Food Addictions

• Since 1960, the average American weighs 25 more
  pounds
• Use of HFCS- from 3 million tons in 1980 to 8
  million tons in 1995

Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing
Arts, 2001.
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Cannabinoids

• Our stomach takes certain food products and
  naturally transforms it into a cannabinoid
• Cannabinoid- increases appetite (not as powerful
  as marijuana THC but same mechanism)

What are the precursors to develop natural
cannabinoids?
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Omega-6 Fatty Acids

• Where do you find Omega-6 Fatty Acids?
• Frying oils- vegetable oil, corn oil, sunflower
  oil (excluding- olive oil, grape seed oil,
  pumpkin seed oil, walnut oil, pecan oil)
• Fried snack foods- double whammy

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Snacks

• Contain appetite stimulants
• High sugar content (high fructose corn syrup-
  HFCS)
• High sugar spike creates imbalances of chemicals
  in the brain (just like a drug user)
• Potato chips are the 1 snack food choice (Snack
  Food Association)

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Increase in Type II

• Because of
• Being overweight or obese
• Decrease levels of activity
• Poor diet

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Effects of Diabetes Poor circulation
causes problems in kidneys, eyes, heart and skin
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HYPERTENSION

• High Blood
• Pressure

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Filled with Trans Fatty Acid

• Donuts/cakes/cookies
• Packaged goods
• Commercially fried foods
• Microwave popcorn

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WHY the Focus on Physical Education?

• Nearly 1/3 of all children are overweight and 15
  qualify as obese.
• If something doesnt change now, you will face a
  potential for high blood pressure and
  cardiovascular disease in the future.

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What happened to gym class?

• 56 of H.S. students enrolled in P.E. class in
  2003
• Only 5 of schools require P.E. in H.S.

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Top Reasons That Students Avoid Physical
Education (PE) Classes

• Other courses were more important for college.
  (73)
• I dont like PE. (32)
• JOPERD (February, 1997) article by Ed Scantling

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Bottom line If you are not healthy and fit,
you are going to have a diminished return on
academic achievement.
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Cant Afford to be Without Physical Education

• Growing body of evidence that supports
• Improved academic performance with increased
  PE time

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Benefits of Physical Activity

• Combats stress
• Enhances the immune response
• Improves mood

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Benefits of Physical Activity

• Increases self-esteem
• Increases concentration

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Whats the problem?

• Cultural deconditioning-
• Too much screen time- 24 hrs per week in front
  of the TV
• Few playing outside after school
• Driven everywhere

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Teaching Physical Education

• The main goal of PE should be
• To help students learn the skills and concepts
  they need to become physically active for the
  rest of their lives (LIFE LONG PHYSICAL FITNESS)
• Teach how to eat correctly

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Whats on your plate?

• Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Watch serving sizes
• Have plenty of color on your plate

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Serving sizes

• Peanut butter/cream cheese (2 tablespoons)

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Serving sizes

• Piece of fruit
• bagel

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Serving sizes

• 1 oz. of cheese- 4 dice

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Serving size

• Baked potato
• 3 oz of cooked meat

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Serving sizes

• 1 cup of fruit/vegetables-
• whatever fits in the palm of your hands

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Feel Better

• Eat right (fruits and vegetables)
• Sleep 6-8 hours each night
• Exercise
• Laugh