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Medical University of SC & Junior Doctors of Health in Collaboration with South Carolina AHEC Presents

Elementary. Medical University of SC & Junior Doctors of Health in Collaboration with South Carolina AHEC Presents. Session 2: Health and Performance. Objective

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Medical University of SC & Junior Doctors of Health in Collaboration with South Carolina AHEC Presents

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  1. Elementary Medical University of SC & Junior Doctors of Healthin Collaboration withSouth Carolina AHECPresents

  2. Session 2: Health and Performance Objective • Increase understanding of the correlation of healthy lifestyle habits of students and academic personnel to individual performance and achievement using state and national data • Defining the link between health and academics

  3. Physical InactivityandUnhealthy Dietary Behaviors

  4. Higher grades correlate to participation in team sports *Run by their school or community groups during the 12 months before the survey. **p<.0001 after controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade level. United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2009

  5. Higher grades correlate to watching less tv *On an average school day. **p<.0001 after controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade level. United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2009

  6. Higher grades correlate to less time spent on computers (video and computer games or non-school related computer time) *Played video or computer games or used a computer for something that was not school work for 3 or more hours on an average school day. **p<.0001 after controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade level. United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2009

  7. Higher grades correlate to drinking less soda/pop *Drank a can, bottle, or glass of soda or pop (not including diet soda or diet pop) at least one time per day during the 7 days before the survey. **p<.0001 after controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade level. United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2009

  8. Higher grades correlate to better nutritional practices(not delaying eating for 24+ hours to lose or keep from gaining weight) *During the 30 days before the survey. **p<.0001 after controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade level. United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2009

  9. Higher grades correlate to better nutritional practices(not taking non-prescription diet pills, powders, or liquids to lose or keep from gaining weight) *During the 30 days before the survey. **p<.0001 after controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade level. United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2009

  10. Higher grades correlate to better nutritional practices(not vomiting or taking laxatives to lose or keep from gaining weight) *During the 30 days before the survey. **p<.0001 after controlling for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade level. United States, Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2009

  11. Health and Academics Further defining the link • Nutrition and cognition • Exercise and learning • Obesity and scholastic performance

  12. Nutrition and Cognitive Performance • Eating breakfast • Improves memory and attention, especially later in the morning. • Improves verbal fluency and memory tasks, especially in at-risk or undernourished children. • Students with increased overall diet quality (increased fruit and vegetables, lower caloric intake of fat) were significantly less likely to fail a standardized literacy test. Source: Hoyland et al, A systematic review of the effect of breakfast on the cognitive performance of children and adolescents, Nutrition Research Reviews (2009), 22, 220-243. Florence et al, Diet quality and academic performance, Journal of School Health (2008), 78:4, 209-215.

  13. Exercise Improves Learning • Optimizes your mind-set to improve alertness, attention, and motivation • Prepares and encourages nerve cells to bind to one another (the cellular basis for logging new information) • Spurs the development of new nerve cells from stem cells in the hippocampus (center for forming memories, which is vital to learning) Source: SPARK: The revolutionary new science of exercise and the brain, 2008, John J. Ratey, MD

  14. OBESITY and Academics • Cultural and socioeconomic overlap • Physical, Emotional, and Social Health • Sleep Apnea • Depression • Bullying • Career Development • “Overweight women were more likely to seek out self-employment opportunities or unpaid work that could be fulfilled in the home.” Source: Ballard and Alessi, The impact of childhood obesity upon academic, personal/social, and career development: Implications for professional school counselors, http://www.jsc.montana.edu/articles/v4n4.pdf

  15. PRACTICAL CLASSROOM TIP Request parents send healthy snacks for parties • Fruit cups • Applesauce cups • Low-fat pudding or yogurt Parfaits (yogurt or sugar-free pudding, granola, fresh berries) • Rice cakes • Whole grain crackers • Low-fat cheese: string cheese, Babybel, Laughing Cow • Vegetables • Fresh Fruit • Pretzels • Animal crackers

  16. Hokey Pokey

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