Connecting Good Health with Learning Nutrition Standards Nutrition Education

Connecting Good Health with Learning: Nutrition Standards, Nutrition Education, Physical Education and Physical Activity in Schools Mission: Future-Ready Students for the 21st Century Every public school student will graduate from high school, globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st century as healthy responsible lifelong learners. Healthy Active Children Learn Better Dropout Rates • Improve Academic Performance • Improve Concentration • Reduce Hyperactive Behavior http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/health_and_academics/index.htm Citation: Murray NG, Low BJ, Hollis C, Cross AW, Davis SM. Coordinated school health programs and academic achievement: A systematic review of the literature. J Sch Health. 2007; 77: 589-600. • Reduce Johns Hopkins Longitudinal Study (Talent Development Middle Grades Program Center for Social Organization of Schools, Dr. Doug McIver 2006) ea av f Hig H to Ou % 90 of ce an Ch l o ho Sc h p op Dr i ng 6th Graders with One or More of the Following: • Failing English • Failing Mathematics • Behavioral Issues • Absenteeism Physical Education/ Physical Activity • significantly greater changes in positive teacher-rated classroom behavior, • a positive trend toward increased arithmetic scores, • daily PE did not show it interfered with academic achievement Citation: Murray NG, Low BJ, Hollis C, Cross AW, Davis SM. Coordinated school health programs and academic achievement: A systematic review of the literature. J Sch Health. 2007; 77: 589-600. Physical Education/ Physical Activity • • • • reduction of school dropout student group reported greater commitment and attachment to school (resiliency factors), better academic achievement (CAT scores, GPA, dropout, and grade repetition), less school misbehavior (so less suspensions and expulsions) and one study reported a reduction rate of violent incidents per 1000 students by 85% on average and for student to staff violence by 100%. Comprehensive Health Education – Students who had received a two-year social decision-making and problem-solving program in elementary school showed more pro-social behavior and less antisocial and self-destructive behaviors…when followed up in high school four to six years later Elias, Gara, Schuyler, Branden-Muller, and Sayette, 1991 Comprehensive Health Education Reading and math scores of third and fourth grade students who received comprehensive health education were significantly higher than those who did not received comprehensive health education Schoener, Guerrero, and Whitney, 1988 Nutrition/ School Breakfast • • • • significant increases in scores for math and reading Tardiness rate decreased for participants and increased for non-participants,. fewer parent-reported child psychosocial symptoms on standard depression and anxiety scales, and lower teacher-reported average student hyperactivity index compared with those who participated rarely or not at all. significantly better outcomes for attendance Citation: Murray NG, Low BJ, Hollis C, Cross AW, Davis SM. Coordinated school health programs and academic achievement: A systematic review of the literature. J Sch Health. 2007; 77: 589-600. State and Federal Regulations • • • • K-12 Healthful Living (= Health Education + Physical Education) Healthy Active Children Policy NSBP & NSLP require compliance with School Meal Initiative (SMI) Competitive Foods / Nutrition Services State and Federal Regulations Local Wellness Policies must include: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Goals for nutrition education Goals for physical activity Goals for other school-based activities Nutrition guidelines/standards Assurances that current Federal and State guidelines are being met Plan for measuring implementation (Designation of 1 or more people to ensure wellness policy is being met at all school buildings) 6. DPI / SBE Support for Obesity Prevention State Policies & Standards • Training & Monitoring • Instructional Guidelines (Standard Course of Study) • Partnering • Advocacy • Resources • Mentoring ( School Improvement Teams, School Health • Advisory Councils) • Partnering Coordinated School Health Initiatives Nutrition Services Counseling, Psychological, Social Services Physical Education Staff Health Promotion Health Education Family and Community Involvement Health Services Policy and School Environment Zone Health Support for Obesity Prevention Partnership between North Carolina State Board of Education and the North Carolina Prevention Partners Strengthening Obesity Prevention in Schools • Accountability • Communication • Priority • Clarity / Articulation Future Impacts on School Obesity Prevention? • • • Nutrition Services Instructional Monitoring Reauthorizations – – NCLB Child Nutrition Regulations and Guidelines Healthful Living Standard Course of Study • 21st Century Healthy- Responsible Students • Healthy Active Children & Wellness Policies • State Nutrition Standards • Zone Health Guidelines • School Health Index, Essential Topics for: Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, Health Related Physical Fitness • Zone Health Policy & Program Assessment Around: Activity • Physical Education • Health Education • Nutrition Services • Physical Questions, Comments, Concerns?