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WHY. Presentation Outline. Identify a selection of current issues facing health and physical educators AND society Offer an overview of advocacy Suggest an advocacy action plan Identify resources (included on CD). Why Should There Be a Health and Physical Education Program in the Schools?.

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  1. WHY

  2. Presentation Outline • Identify a selection of current issues facing health and physical educators AND society • Offer an overview of advocacy • Suggest an advocacy action plan • Identify resources (included on CD)

  3. Why Should There Be a Health and Physical Education Program in the Schools?

  4. Should Health and Physical Education be taught by qualified teachers?

  5. How does teaching Health and Physical Education help students?

  6. Why should a School Board member care about a comprehensive Health and Physical Education program?

  7. Selected Issues Obesity and Health Care Costs Legislation and State Initiatives No Child Left Behind

  8. Obesity and Health Care Costs

  9. Percentage of U.S. Children and Adolescents Who Were Overweight* Ages 12-19 5 4 Ages 6-11 * >95th percentile for BMI by age and sex based on 2000 CDC BMI-for-age growth charts **Data are from 1963-65 for children 6-11 years of age and from 1966-70 for adolescents 12-17 years of age Source: National Center for Health Statistics

  10. Percentage of U.S. Children and Adolescents Who Were Overweight* 16 15 Ages 12-19 5 4 Ages 6-11 * >95th percentile for BMI by age and sex based on 2000 CDC BMI-for-age growth charts **Data are from 1963-65 for children 6-11 years of age and from 1966-70 for adolescents 12-17 years of age Source: National Center for Health Statistics

  11. Economic Costs • US obesity-attributable medical expenditures in 2003: • $75 billion • Approximately 10% of total US medical expenditures • Percent financed by taxpayers through Medicare and Medicaid • Approximately 50%

  12. Sedentary Death Syndrome

  13. Obesity Trends Among U.S. Adults between 1985 and 2002 Obesity: having a very high amount of body fat in relation to lean body mass, or Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or higher Body Mass Index (BMI): a measure of an adult’s weight in relation to his or her height, specifically the adult’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of his or her height in meters CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Source: Mokdad A H, et al. JAMA 1999;282:16. Source: Mokdad A H, et al. JAMA 2001;286:10. Source: Mokdad A H, et al. JAMA 2003;289:1.

  14. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1991-2002 1991 1995 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman) 2002 No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% 20%–24% ≥25%

  15. No Data <10% 10%–14% Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1985 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  16. No Data <10% 10%–14% Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1986 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  17. No Data <10% 10%–14% Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1987 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  18. No Data <10% 10%–14% Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1988 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  19. No Data <10% 10%–14% Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1989 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  20. No Data <10% 10%–14% Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1990 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  21. No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1991 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  22. No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1992 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  23. No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1993 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  24. No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1994 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  25. No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1995 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  26. No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1996 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  27. No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% ≥20 Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1997 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  28. No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% ≥20 Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1998 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  29. No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% ≥20 Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 1999 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  30. No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% ≥20 Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2000 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman)

  31. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2001 (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4” woman) No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% 20%–24% ≥25%

  32. Obesity Trends* Among U.S. AdultsBRFSS, 2002 (*BMI 30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’4” person) No Data <10% 10%–14% 15%–19% 20%–24% ≥25% Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, CDC

  33. Is there a connection?

  34. Percentage of U.S. High School Students Who Attended Physical Education Classes Daily, 1991 - 2001 Source: CDC, National Youth Risk Behavior Survey

  35. 60 52 51 51 51 50 50 40 40 32 Percent of schools 26 30 25 20 13 10 6 10 5 0 K 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th Percentage of Schools that Require Physical Education, by Grade CDC, School Health Policies and Programs Study, 2000

  36. Trends in PE Legislation • States legislatures are addressing PE • States usually do not begin with policies that mandate PE • Many states begin with resolutions and recommendations • Many policies specifically address collaboration between state agencies and organizations

  37. Here’s the 411 on PE It’s slamming, it’s dope, it’s sweet and it’s tight

  38. Glossary Flossin’ – good looking Peeps – people, friends Down Low – Keep it quiet, secret Keeping It Real - authentic Fo Sho – for sure, absolutely Fer Real – honest, for real Off the Hook – crazy, weird, wild Phat – awesome, great Da Bomb – terrific, number one Hooked Up – got together 411 – information (http://www.urbandictionary.com/)

  39. Virginia (HB 235 – 3/26/99) Clarifies the Standards of Quality so that the School Board must include PE among subjects emphasized in programs of instruction for K-12; requires school boards to employ only licensed instructional personnel.

  40. PE Georgia (HB 1187 – 4/25/00) Changes provisions regarding the course of study in PE – adds language stating that the Board of Ed shall establish minimum time requirements and standards for its administration.

  41. PEFer Real Oregon (HB 3307 – 8/20/99) Add PE to the core curriculum – “provides students with the knowledge, skills and positive attitude that lead to an active, healthy lifestyle;…school districts shall develop and administer assessments for PE to implemented by the 03-04 school year.”

  42. PE That’s Louisiana (SB 398 – 7/1/03) “Requires public schools serving grades K-6 to provide at least 30 minutes daily of quality physical education to their students. Effective 2004-2005 School year.

  43. PE Texas (SB 19 – 5/27/01) The State Board of Ed may require an elementary school student enrolled in K-6 to participate in dailyphysical activity as part of a school district’s physical education curriculum or through structured activity during a school campus’s daily recess.

  44. with PE Connecticut (HB 5737 – 5/17/00) and Florida (HB 2105 – 4/25/00) Requires high school students to have a minimum of one credit in PE to be eligible for graduation.

  45. PE California HB-1793 – 9/27/02 Amends current ed code to put greater emphasis on PE. Requires State Board of Ed to adopt model PE curriculum content standards, encourages school districts to employ credentialed PE teachers and encourages teaching PE for a no less than 200 minutes each 10 school days.

  46. PE California SB-1868 – 9/30/02 Further amends current ed code to adopt rules and regs to secure establishment of courses in PE in elementary and secondary schools. Distribute PE manual to all teachers and encourage schools to provide quality PE that develops the knowledge, attitudes, skills…to be physically active for life.

  47. New Jersey - In a Class By Itself Health, Safety, and Physical Education Mandate 18A:35-7. Course requiredEvery pupil, except kindergarten pupils, attending the public schools, insofar as he is physically fit and capable of doing so, as determined by the medical inspector, shall take such courses, which shall be a part of the curriculum prescribed for the several grades, and the conduct and attainment of the pupils shall be marked as in other courses or subjects, and the standing of the pupil in connection therewith shall form a part of the requirements for promotion or graduation.

  48. New Jersey - In a Class By Itself Health, Safety, and Physical Education Mandate 18A:35-8. Time devoted to courseThe time devoted to such courses shall aggregate at least two and one-half hours in each school week, or proportionately less when holidays fall within the week. • New Jersey Set a Standard, Should Be Proud of It AND Should NOT Retreat From It!

  49. Fleetwood Elementary School, Mt. Laurel, NJ • Carol Lynch, Physical Education teacher STARS is NASPE's national achievement program recognizing outstanding physical education programs in K-12 schools across America.

  50. The flossin’ peeps need their PE -- don’t keep it on the down low!

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