Childhood Obesity and The Effects of P.E.

1. By: Michael Von Borstel , Kendric Cornelius, Michael Rizzo, Nicole Nepote Childhood Obesity and The Effects of P.E.

2. Argument • Physical Education is vital to helping reduce childhood obesity.

3. Obesity • What is obesity? • Having excess body fat. • Risk Factors? • Cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, heart diseases, heart attack, asthma • High cholesterol ,type 2 diabetes, stroke, several types of cancer, osteoarthritis, gout, and sleep apnea

4. Childhood Obesity has Increased • People’s body fat has increased over the years • Causes: • Decrease in regular physical activity • Increase in T.V. viewing time • Increase in the intake of energy related food • Decrease energy expenditure • Parent’s living habits • Between 1963-1965, obesity increased 17.6% in children. • Between 1976-1980, obesity increased 27.1% in children.

5. Obesity trends

6. Worldwide Obesity Comparison

7. Advantages of P.E. • Significance • Obese children can turn into Obese adults • Obese people can lead to suffer diabetes, coronary disease, depression, self-esteem issues. • Types • School • Active at least 60/min/day • Most shorter than that • Children must be active after school and on weekends • Frequency • Regular part of your day • Benefits • Move body and muscles to stay in shape • Appreciation and enjoyment of being fit

8. The Role of Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity • Having endurance training and doing activities are recommended to prevent or treat obesity. • The lack of everyday physical activity in youth increases the chance of obtaining diseases. • Programs of exercise can reverse and unhealthy life style

9. Studies of the Effects of P.E. on Childhood Obesity • Outcomes: • South Australian Daily Physical Activity Program: • Action: Stressed Health, diet, and vigorous activity for children • Effect: “Physical activity produced a significant reduction in skinfold thickness and an increase in objectively measured physical fitness” • Stanford Dance for Health • Action: It instituted popular and aerobic dance classes into different schools. • Effect: It improved students physical fitness and reduced their BMI.

10. Early Childhood Longitudinal Study • A study was taken that followed students fromkindergarten to fifth grade to see the benefits of having P.E. and the effects of not having P.E.

11. Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Results • Results: • Students that received P.E. were less likely to become obese or at risk for obesity later in life. • The schools that could not afford equipment to have for the students’ use in P.E. did not stress the need for the class. • Effect: students were more likely to be unhealthy than those who had P.E.

12. Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Results (2) • Having P.E. as part of the curriculum in schools helps students realize the need live a healthy life. • Living the full quality of life • “…physical education can play a substantial role in containing obesity among overweight or at-risk-of-overweight girls.

13. Importance of P.E. video • Fight Childhood Obesity • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAEPkIgtJaw

14. Treatment of Childhood Obesity • Treatments: • Exercise to increase endurance • Outcome: Be able to handle longer • sustained activities are among several exercise strategies recommended to prevent or treat obesity • Program of exercise can reverse an unhealthy lifestyle

15. Action to Address Childhood Obesity • Educating parents on healthy living can help achieve the goal of limiting childhood obesity. • Parents need to become involved in monitoring their children’s eating behaviors, physical activity, and weight control. • Teaching children to have positive attitudes about fitness and making it fun for them will help them become aware of the benefits of exercise. • Promotion physical activity and fitness for children needs to be stressed to help instill a healthy life style

16. Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in Balance • “School physical education programs offer the best opportunity to provide physical activity to all children and to teach them the skills and knowledge needed to establish and sustain an active lifestyle”, according to the National Council of State Legislatures

17. Works Cited BBC News (2008, January 2). Obesity: In Statistics. http://news.bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/health/7151813.stm CasieCampbell, William Gilmore, James McGinty, Jennifer Pickering, Joseph Ramos (2009, April 23). Minimizing Technologies' Contribution to Childhood Obesity. http://wmgilmore.iweb.bsu.edu/technology_assessment.html CawleyJohn, F. E. D. (n.d.). Physical Education and Childhood Obesity. <http://www.voxeu.org/article/physical-education-and- childhood-obesity> Datar, Ashesha, and Roland Strum. "Physical Education in Elemantary School and Body Mass Index: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study.American Journal of Public Health 94.9 (2004): 1501-1506. Web. 22 Jan .2013.http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=14276946&site=ehost-live Embrace Health. Fight Childhood Obesity. YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAEPkIgtJaw Koplan, Jeffrey P. (Editor); Liverman, Catharyn T. (Editor); Kraak, Vivica A. (Editor). Preventing Childhood Obesity; Health in the Balance. Washington, DC,USA: National Academies Press, 2005. p 253. <http://site.elibrary.com/lib/hedberg/Doc?id=10075881&ppg=27> Roberts, S. O. (2000). the role of physically activity in the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity. Pediatric Nursing, 26(1), Retrieved from<http://search.ebscohost.com/ login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=2896967%site=ehost-live>

18. Our Questions for YOU  • Who is to blame for the increase of childhood obesity? • What are the causes of Obesity? • What are ways to prevent Obesity? • What are the risk factors of Obesity?