Marin County School Board Wellness Policy Training

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Marin County School BoardWellness Policy
Training

• Linda Armstrong, MS, RD
• Program Coordinator
• Lynne Marie LoPresto, MS, RD
• Nutritionist Education Specialist

Nutrition Wellness Program Marin County Dept. of
Health and Human Services
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Crisis in America

• Unhealthy diet and inadequate physical activity
  are major causes of obesity and disease
• Obesity and chronic disease are now increasingly
  beginning in childhood.
• The number of children who are obese has more
  than tripled since 1980
• now at more than 16 of US children
• The youth of today are the first generation
  predicted to have a lower life expectancy than
  their parents.
• The U.S. spends more on health care than any
  other industrialized country, yet has one of the
  highest rates of life threatening disease.

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Snapshot of American Kids

• Overfed but undernourished
• Declining physical activity
• Limited health literacy

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Overweight and at risk of overweight in Marin
Children
Healthy People 2010 Goal
2002 Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance Survey.
Based on 2000 CDC growth chart percentiles for
BMI-for-age ?85th percentile, CHDP population.
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U.S. Children Overfed But Undernourished
Critical Age
Children Consuming Daily Recommended Intake
Iron
Phosphorus
Zinc
Vitamin C
Vitamin A
Magnesium
Folate
Calcium
Data compiled by Dr. John Lasekan, Ross
Labs NHANES 1999-2000 and the Continuing Food
Survey 1994-96, 1998
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Fruit and Vegetable ConsumptionMarin and
California Children Grade 11Percentage of
children eating gt five servings of fruit and
vegetables in the day prior to the survey
Marins Goal ? 10 by 2010
Source California Healthy Kids Survey 2001, 2003
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Physical ActivityMarin and California Children
Grade 11Percentage of children who exercised for
at least 20 minutes on at least 3 of the past 7
days
Marins Goal ? 25 by 2010
Source Calfornia Healthy Kids Survey 2001, 2003
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Its Really Bigger than Obesity

• Good nutrition and health are necessary for
  effective learning.
• Healthy productive youth become healthy
  productive adults.
• The school system is one place where most of our
  nations youth can be reached.

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Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act

• Signed by President Bush on June 30, 2004.
• Section 204 of this Act requires each district
  participating in the USDA School Breakfast and
  Lunch Programs to have established a local school
  wellness policy by the school year beginning July
  1, 2006.

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Why School Wellness Policy?

• Recognizes the critical role of schools in
  promoting health in children
• Puts responsibility at the local level
• Allows for individual needs at the local level
• Supports student nutrition and learning
• May increase participation in the NSLP
• May improve school attendance
• ?Increased revenue for the district

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BP 5030 Student Wellness

• Update on Marin Schools
• Review Section 204 Requirements
• Student Wellness Policy Checklist

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School Wellness Policy

• Requirement 1
• School Wellness Policy development involves
• parents,
• students,
• representatives of the school food authority,
• the school board,
• school administrators,
• and the public

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School Wellness Policy

• Requirement 2
• Establish goals for
• Nutrition education
• Physical Education and Activity
• Other school-based activities that promote
  student wellness

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Nutrition EducationAs part of Comprehensive
Health Education

• Nutrition education is offered in all grades
  K-12 as part of a sequential, comprehensive
  standards-based program.
• Focus on knowledge and skill building activities
• It is important for students receive consistent
  nutrition messages throughout the school
  environment.

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Physical Activity

• Students are provided opportunities for physical
  activity during the school day through
• daily recess periods (elementary school)
• standards based physical education (PE) classes.
• Physical Education is taught by credentialed
  teachers
• At least 50 of PE class time is moderate to
  vigorous physical activity

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Other School-Based Activitiesto Address

• Classroom parties and special events
• Other opportunities for physical activity
  before/after school safe routes to school
• School gardens
• Outreach/education for parents/guardians
• Community resources/alliances

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School Wellness Policy

• Requirement 3
• Nutrition guidelines for all foods available
  during the school day
• school meals
• a la carte foods,
• vending machines,
• snack bars, school stores, concession stands,
• any school-sponsored fundraising activities
• (unless 30 min before or after the school day)
• See SB 12 and SB 965 for specific guidelines
• Marketing of unhealthy foods around campus
• Using food as a reward or punishment

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School Wellness Policy

• Requirement 4
• Assurance that nutrition guidelines for school
  meals will not be less restrictive than federal
  regulations.
• Adequate outreach to ensure all eligible students
  are enrolled in school lunch/breakfast programs
• Process to prevent overt identification of
  enrolled students
• Adequate time and pleasant surrounding for meals
• Student input in menu planning

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School Wellness Policy

• Requirement 5
• A plan for measuring the implementation of the
  wellness policy including
• The designation of at least one person to oversee
  the activities and maintain responsibility for
  program operation
• Specific quality indicators used to measure the
  implementation of the policy
• District policies are posted for public viewing

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Action for Healthy Kids

• Parent survey rating what parents think should be
  part of local school wellness policies.

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What School Boards Can Do

• Establish a vision and goals for the districts
  child nutrition and physical education programs.
• Become advocates for good health and nutrition..
• Adopt policies and curriculum that support K-12
  nutrition education and daily physical activity.
• Ensure that the districts budget supports
  student wellness.
• Encourage collaborative approaches to student
  health.
• Ensure Program accountability.

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Our Vision for Marin Happy, Healthy Kids