Phys. Ed based course, education reform.
- 1. Teenage Obesity
- Issues in the Teacher Education Field Presentation by Cory
Nelson
-The Issue of Teenage Obesity and how it effects our youth.
-Steps that can be taken to correct the problem. -Enact programs
and reform: to educate teens about their bodies. 2. Teenage Obesity
3. Teenage Obesity
- As of January 2011- 15 % of all teenagers are obese (which has
tripled since20 years ago) As a result of this extra, weight
America's obese teens are less likely to participate in
extracurricular activities, and sports. They are more likely to
become depressed and have a low self esteem. As a result most stay
home more often stray from developing social skill with friends, as
well gaining more weight from snacking and increased T.V. In lie of
physical activity.
4. The Mayo Clinic of Rochester, MN Says:
- ...obese children often display poorer social skills than their
normal weight peers. The social stigmatization of obese children
leads to self-esteem problems, which often leads to more social
stigmatization. When a child constantly feels isolated, denigrated
and helpless, her resulting actions in a social context might be
hindered. The cycle then continues, as poor social skills often
lead to more bullying.
5. Mayo clinic on depression of obese children...
- Continual low self-esteem and hopelessness, often supplemented
by poor functioning at school and in social contexts, often leads
to depression in obese children. Even though depression is a
psychological issue that many obese children deal with, depression
often has social ramifications. Children might withdraw from
activities they once enjoyed, experience additional weight gain,
stop wanting to spend time with family or friends and act out in
social contexts.
6. Teen Suicide
- In a survey of high school students, the National Youth
Violence Prevention Resource Center found that almost 1 in 5 teens
had thought about suicide, about 1 in 6 teens had made plans for
suicide, and more than 1 in 12 teens had attempted suicide in the
last year. As many as 8 out of 10 teens who commit suicide try to
ask for help in some way before committing suicide, such as by
seeing a doctor shortly before the suicide attempt.
7. THINK about that! In1991: 1 out of every 20 students had a
(BMI) greater then 25. In 2011: 1-2 of your students in every group
of 12, will have a Body Mass Index greater then 25, 2 of your
students will think about suicide, 2 will make plans to do it, and
one will attempt it! 8 of your students will ask for help! 8. These
are you students!! 9.
- U.S. Dept of Agriculture is calling for change to help the over
25 million overweight and or obese students in the public school
system. This an attempt to lesson the chances of children
developing serious help problems such as type 2 diabetes.
10. Dept Agricultural proposed rule:
- Decrease the amount of starchy vegetables, such as potatoes,
corn and green peas, to one cup a week. Reduce sodium in meals over
the next 10 years. A high school lunch now has about 1,600
milligrams of sodium. Through incremental changes, that amount
should be lowered over the next decade to 740 milligrams or less of
sodium for grades through 9 through 12; 710 milligrams or less for
grades 6 through 8; 640 milligrams or less for kindergarten through
fifth grades. Establish calorie maximums and minimums for the first
time. For lunch: 550 to 650 calories for kindergarten through fifth
grade; 600 to 700 for grades 6 through 8; 750 to 850 for grades 9
through 12. Serve only unflavored 1% milk or fat-free flavored or
unflavored milk. Currently, schools can serve milk of any fat
content. Increase the fruits and vegetables kids are offered. The
new rule requires that a serving of fruit be offered daily at
breakfast and lunch and that two servings of vegetables be offered
daily at lunch. Over the course of a week, there must be a serving
of each of the following: green leafy vegetables, orange vegetables
(carrots, sweet potatoes, summer squash), beans, starchy and other
vegetables. This is to make sure that children are exposed to a
variety of vegetables. Increase whole grains substantially.
Currently, there is no requirement regarding whole grains, but the
proposed rules require that half of grains served must be whole
grains. Minimize trans fat by using products where the nutrition
label says zero grams of trans fat per serving.
11. March 2010 Report by Columbia University's Teachers
College:
- Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A missing link in
school reforms to close the achievement gap.
12. Physical activity affects metabolism and all major body
systems, exerting powerful positive influences on the brain and
spinal cord and, consequently, on emotional stability, physical
health and ability to learn. 13. Thestrongest evidence supports
direct effects of physical activity on cognition and other
plausible pathways such as connectedness with school, absenteeism
and dropping out. 14. The study warns against schools and
educational reform movements that mistakenly believe that physical
education curricular time should be sacrificed and reallocated to
reading, mathematics and science. 15. Cont..
- There is currently no evidence indicating that allocating more
time to reading, mathematics and science by reducing or eliminating
physical education curricular time increases students standardized
test scores.
16. A growing body of evidence shows that increased time for
physical education and other school-based physical activity
programs is associated with either a neutral or positive impact on
academic outcomes. 17. A June 2009 New York City Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH) report titled Childhood
Obesity is a Serious Concern in NYC: Higher Levels of Fitness
Associated with Better Academics revealed that overall, students in
the top 5% in NYC FitnessGram score 36 percentile points higher on
standardized tests than students in the bottom 5% in the NYC
FitnessGram (national assessment tool). 18. What can we do?
- The practicality of increasing accountability and structured
reform of what our children eat and how much physical activity they
conduct daily is low. With constant budget cuts and lacking funding
for phys ed. programs. But that does not change the
solution...
19. A New Student Mind, Body and Soul
- We know that obesity exists, but we also know it canchange.As
educators we work hard to strive to obtain the next level of
development, and to set a new standard of learning and education.
But is that limited to mathematics, grammar, sciences, and history?
We study Bullying and Suicide without taking steps and measures to
rise up out of the Dark Ages of human development!
20. Possible Solution: Student Profile
- Student: Jimmy Doe Age: 16 with a (BMI) below 20. Diet: Eats a
whole grain based breakfast/lunch for his carbohydrates, he eats
healthy proteins throughout the day, at lunch he has plenty of
fruits and vegetables available to him. He drinks Soy milk or
low-fat milk at least twice a day. Though he doesnt always have
healthy foods available at diner, he tries to eat within the Diet
Plan his school dietician made for him (which has been updated
bi-annually since 6 thgrade)
-Hefeels that his life is in his control because of the personal
plans and classes that have been afforded him since 6 thgrade. 21.
Jimmy Doe profile cont.
- Academics: He has a 86% grade point average, which is 36%
higher then when he was in 5 thgrade (His grade average was below
the state standard and he needed to attend summer remedial school)
After remedial, he started his 6 thGrade year by sitting down with
the School Fitness Consultant who explained that by changing his
diet and beginning a life changing Physical Fitness plan that he
could fulfill in and out of school. He has been meeting thegoals
they set ever since. He now works harder in school, and continues
to work with a tutor to get better grades. He is motivated to do so
because of the success of his peers who he didn't associate with
before 6 thgrade.
22. Jimmy Doe profile cont.
- Height: 5'9 Weight:139 Health:In 5 thGrade was seen for a
regular check up, his parents were told that he was at risk for
type 2 diabetes, as well as other health problems later in life. In
6 thGrade, his Fitness Consultant, reviewed the doctor's
assessment, recommendations, and any health restraints. Since then
he has lost 20lbs, reduced his BMI from 39.8 to 19.9. He has
grown
16 inches since 6 thgrade, and now with lower body fat, he is
very active and participates in many activities. He has recently
had a a health assessment with his family doctor, and has improved
greatly. His physician receives reports from the School Fitness
Consultant and is pleased with the improvements. 23. Jimmy Doe
profile cont.
- Exercise: follows personal fitness plan (from 6 thGrade SFC)
has goals that he strives to achieve in and out of school. His
school's Phys. Ed. Program includes 4 days of Cardiovascular and
Muscle Strength/Endurance training
- -Cardio kickboxing, Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi, adjusted jogging
courses, push ups, pull ups,...
Each Friday, he participates in various team sports instruction
which showed him the value of team sports. He is graded in P.E.
Based on how he obtains personal goals as well as midterm and final
fitness assessments based on State Standard for his age.He
exercises at home on weekends, his level of fitness encouraged him
to play sports, and he does additional fitness plan laid out for
him by his coach for offseason.
24. Jimmy Doe profile cont.
- Activities: Very active student, who is involved with many
extra curricular activities; student government (with his
girlfriend), the football and basketball teams, attends school
dances and functions. Also participates in a after school peer
tutoring program for 6 thgrade students who are overweight (helps
encourage and mentor students with health and self-esteem problems)
Personal Life: Jimmy meets regularly with his schools guidance
counselor and Fitness Consultant, upon entering 6 thgrade he felt
closed off from his peers, was embarrassed about his excess weight,
he had very few friends to talk to about his sadness. As a result
he stayed home frequently, over ate, watched TV, struggle to
motivate himself to do homework. He would think about committing
suicide when he was really sad.
25. Jimmy Doe profile cont.
- ..since 6 thgrade though Jimmy feels better about himself. He
cares about his grades, talks with his guidance counselor about
college, he feels closer to his peers through his active scholastic
and athletic life in school. His grades aren't perfect but he
continues to work to improve them. Even though he became healthy
and fit youth, his parents were still overweight, they were members
of Americas Obese adult population, but since they seen the
strength and commitment Jimmy gained in school, they have joined
there local gym, and even try to buy healthier foods (especially
since Jimmy is always asking for food items that are available to
him at school)
26. Is this a fairy tale? It isn't if we decide these are the
outcome we want for all our students within the system. It will
require reform, like all breakthroughs in teachers education, we
need to realize that the days of children being active outside the
classroom is going away, one of out jobs as educators is to prepare
our students for the outside world. And we are failing them if we
do not teach them to excel in ALL aspects of life!Reforming our
schools by having: Healthy Foodonlycafeteria (Children have their
home for treats, we cannot feed our kids poison and expect them to
be healthy!) Phys. Ed. Reform curriculum should be physical fitness
helping students be fit! - 4 days of exercise based classes
-designed to increase cardiovascular and muscle strength endurance.
1 day of Fun sports/Activities to show students that team work and
to show its fun to be active. 27. Discussion and Questions??
- "School choice opponents regularly use fear tactics to defeat
new programs. They warn choice will destroy public education and
lead to an economically and culturally stratified society. But once
choice becomes a part of the system, and the doomsday scenarios
fail to develop, those fear tactics no longer have the same
persuasive power." Michael Van Winkle Choice & Education Across
the States The Heartland Institute
28. Works Cited/For more info:
- " Teen Obesity Statistics | Teen Obesity." Teen Obesity. Web.
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http://www.teenobesity.net/teen-obesity-statistics.html >.
29. Read
more:http://www.livestrong.com/article/174900-the-social-effects-of-obesity-in-children/#ixzz1bes8i1Pj
30. Hellmich, Nanci. "USDA Calls for Dramatic Change in School
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