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+ LET’S MOVE
The Benefits of Implementing the “let’s move” program into schools as a teacher.
Lauren DavisTech and Asses17 October 2011
Created by First Lady Michelle
Obama
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•The “Let’s Move” program was created by the First Lady Michelle Obama, and is dedicated to solving the childhood obesity epidemic.
•Her goal is to ensure children grow up in a healthier world so they are able to achieve all their dreams.
•The program wants to start ALL children on a positive path towards a healthy future.
What is “Let’s Move”
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•Gives parents with the tools to provide a healthy environment and support the healthy choices of children.
•Provides healthy food choices in schools for students.
•Also provides affordable $ healthy food for families.
What is “Let’s Move”
+Why “Let’s Move” was
created
Child obesity rates have tripled within the last three decades. Resulting in 1 out of 3 children
being overweight or obese.
40% of African American and Hispanic children are overweight.
Because of these high numbers a change needs to be made before
heart disease, high blood pressure, asthma and cancer become a norm.
THEN NOW
+Why “Let’s Move” was
created
THE PAST
Kids walked to school
Everyone participated in recess
Had successful physical education programs
Played before and after dinner
Meals were home cooked and included vegetables
Fast food and snacking were minimal
+Why “Let’s Move” was
created
NOW
Kids ride to school in cars or busses.
Physical education programs have been cut.
After school sports and activities have been cut.
Afternoons are filled with TV, Video games and the internet.
Busier parents makes less time for home prepared meals.
Snacking and fast food are more common than ever.
WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE
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Why We Need to ChangeThe average child has more than 3 snacks a day. Each of these snacks can add 200 calories.
Portion sizes have increased about 5 times larger then they once were.
We as Americans are consuming more than 31% more calories than we did forty years ago.
• 56% more fats and oil
• 14% more sugars and sweeteners
+Eat Healthy: as a community
•From easy dietary guidelines for families to visual meal guides and healthy eating samples. Form shopping to cooking the let’s move program has simple guidelines, easy for everyone to follow.
•Acknowledging that everyone one within a community has a role in maintaining each others health can restore the attitudes of a community.
•Because poverty has a major effect on the availability of healthy, fresh food the “lets move” program set in place the healthy food initiative. Providing financial support for underserved areas to develop grocery stores.
•The ultimate goal is to eliminate food deserts.
+Eat Healthy: through media
Eliminate Food Deserts!
Let’s Move Workout with Beyonce
+Eat Healthy Fruits & Vegetables
Kids should eat five fruits and vegetables a
day.
Serve fresh, frozen, and canned fruits and
vegetables; they all count. Provide fruit or
carrot sticks as great snacks.
Offer 100% juice, with no added sugar/ Mix
vegetables into dishes, like adding peas to
rice, or cucumbers to a sandwich.
+Eat HealthyHealthy Choices to Reduce Fat and Sugar
Switch to low or non-fat milk, yogurt and cheese. Choose lean cuts of meat like skinless chicken or extra lean ground beef for hamburgers or pasta sauces.
Bake or grill instead of fry.
Substitute olive or vegetable oil for butter. Substitute water or low-fat milk for sodas or sweetened beverages.
Drink less soda or sugar-sweetened drinks. Switch to lower sugar breakfast cereals. Switch desserts like ice cream and cake for fruit based desserts
+Eat Healthy
Snacks Reduce the number of snacks served each day
Leave a bowl of fruit or carrot sticks on the kitchen table.
Differentiate between snacks that require permission (cookies), versus snacks that kids can take freely (fresh or dried fruit. )
Have kids drink water at snack time.
Save "treats" for special occasions
+Eat Healthy
Portion Size
Kids are smaller than adults and should eat smaller portions.
Use smaller plates for kids.
Don't force kids to clean their plates if they are full.
Portions should be about the size of the back of a fist—a child’s fist for a child’s portion.
Start with a small portion. Children can have seconds if they are still hungry
+What Can We Do As Teachers
To start, we can help make schools healthier places to learn by providing quality food and teaching children about the importance of nutrition and embracing a healthy active lifestyle.
Schools all across the country will raise their standards and transform classrooms and cafeterias into places where healthy eating and nutrition is experienced and learned.
A variety of opportunities are available for schools to add more physical activity into the school day, including additional physical education classes, before–and afterschool programs, recess, and opening school facilities for student and family recreation in the late afternoon and evening.
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Get Active
Physical activity is an essential component of a healthy lifestyle. In combination with healthy eating, it can help prevent a range of chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and stroke, which are the three leading causes of death. Physical activity helps control weight, builds lean muscle, reduces fat, promotes strong bone, muscle and joint development, and decreases the risk of obesity.
Eight to 18 year old adolescents spend an average of 7.5 hours a day using entertainment media including TV, computers, video games, cell phones and movies in a typical day, and only one-third of high school students get the recommended levels of physical activity.
Children need 60 minutes of play with moderate to vigorous activity every day to grow up to a healthy weight
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Steps to a Healthy Success
1. Create a School Health Advisory ✓
2. Join the Healthier US Schools Challenge ✓
3. Set a good example. Make your school a healthy workplace. ✓
4. Incorporate nutrition education and physical education into daily school activities. ✓
5. Plan a garden. ✓
+School Health Advisory Council
Making sure vending machines offer healthy options.
Ensuring that school policy does not allow physical activity to be withheld.
Encouraging parents to bring fruits or other non-food treats for celebrating birthdays.
Considering what is being sold in school fundraisers and choosing to partner with companies that provide non-food options, such as plants, candles or wrapping paper.
Working with families of students with special needs, chronic health conditions or disabilities to ensure that physical activities are part of their student’s learning plan during and after school.
Possible Duties
+Healthier US Schools Challenge
Healthier US Schools Challenge establishes rigorous criteria for schools’ food quality, participation in meal programs, physical activity opportunities and nutrition education–the key components that make for healthy and active kids.
It was created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2004, recognizes schools that create healthier school environments through their promotion of good nutrition and physical activity
Schools all across the country can raise their standards and transform classrooms and cafeterias into healthier environments through their promotion of good nutrition and physical activity.
+Creating a Healthy School
Be a role model to students for a healthy lifestyle. Lead by example.
Encourage faculty and staff to be active and consume healthy foods and beverages.
Determine employee health-related costs.
Identify nutrition and physical activity interests and needs of school employees.
Establish goals for improving healthy behaviors among staff
Obtain administrative support for school employee wellness programs that offer a
variety of healthy eating and physical activities for staff.
Implement a variety of healthy eating and physical activities that emphasize health education, skill-building, and changes to the school environment.
Consider making changes to create healthier workplace, such as including incentives for physical activity or walking or biking instead of driving to school.
Encourage "walking meetings," or make athletic facilities and equipment available to staff after hours.
+Develop a Healthy Curriculum
Engage students in healthy eating and physical activity concepts by making them daily activities or part of the
class curriculum.
Teach younger children their colors using fruits and vegetables.
Help middle school children learn about weights and measures using fruits and vegetables from the school garden.
Instruct older students about nutrition through calorie counts and daily nutritional value charts.
Take a walk outside as part of a science class or ask students to name and act out action words from a story through physical activity.
+Plant a Garden :
School gardens offer opportunities for fun and physical activity while also serving as an important educational tool to help students understand how healthy food is produced and where their food comes from.
Plant an indoor or outdoor fruit, vegetable or herb garden that students are responsible for tending to and growing.
Incorporate school gardens into classroom lessons (e.g., science, cooking) to provide students with hands-on, multi-disciplinary learning activities.
Schools can further make the link between agriculture and nutritious food by inviting local farmers’ markets to operate from area school yards.
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What Are you Waiting For. . .
Lets Move!
