Fat Chance? - Live Well – Advocacy Presentation

2. Fat Chance?- Live Well –Advocacy Presentation PED 401-A Alan Freudigmann

3. Why are we in this career? • Money? • Summers? • Health Care? • Other reasons? • Students/Education?

4. Students/Education • Definition of Physical Education: “Physical Education is part of the total educational curriculum that contributes, primarily through movements experiences, to the total growth and development of all children.” – Pangrazi (2004) • Definition of Physically Educated Person: • HAS learned skills necessary to perform a variety of physical activities • KNOWS the implications of and the benefits from involvement in physical activities • DOES participate regularly in physical activity • IS physically fit • VALUES physical activity and its contribution to a healthful lifestyle- http://www.aahperd.org/naspe • Current Curriculum includes many sports and games

5. Research • Research • About 9 million youngsters are considered overweight in the U.S. • Obesity and health related problems in youth • Obese children tend to become obese adults • Obesity leads to other (sometimes deadly) health issues • Walking • People are most comfortable walking at about 3 miles per hour, midway between a shuffle and a speed-walk • Fat Burning • Brisk walking may provide better fat loss than non-impact exercises

6. Your Job • Give Us a Healthy Chance • Money: 30-60 pedometers = $600-$1200(Website) • Look at other schools • Reflect on priorities • Check credible sources

7. How, Where and Who? • Fund Raise possibilities • Cost of setting up • Curriculum • 10,000 Steps Challenge • Work on domains: psychomotor, cognitive, affective • Core subjects can be included • Extra-curricular • After school programs like Take 10 • Students / Teachers / Administrators

8. Benefits • Healthy Children/Teachers • Convenient • Increased attendance • Increased mental state – more on task time • Less Stress

9. Benefits Cont’d… • Improved self image/perception • Fun • Self-Competition: fail-safe

10. What Can YOU Do? • If you consider it important to give our students the best life possible, then you need to give them a healthy chance. We need you to allocate funds for these instruments so that our students can live the lives spend so much time teaching them about!

11. In Closing… • Benefits: • Healthy students • Increased attendance • Increased mental state – on task • Less Stress • Improved self image/perception • Fun • Self-Competition • Cost is minimal • Core curriculum inclusion (Math, Science, Reading) • ALLOCATE FUNDS

12. Resources (1) Pangrazi, R. P. (2001). Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children (13th ed.). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon. (2) AAHPERD. (n.d.). Retrieved October 5, 2005, from http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/template.cfm?template=publications-nationalstandards_1.html (3) NIHCM. (n.d.). Retrieved October 5, 2005, from http://www.nihcm.org/OYCbrief.pdf (4) Boyce, N. (2002). Walk Slow, Burn Fat. U.S. News & World Report, 132(17), 58. Retrieved October 6, 2005, from Proquest (119648327). (5) Yeager, S. (2001). Secret Fat Burner: Add Impact. Prevention, 53(2), 70. Retrieved October 6, 2005, from Proquest (66498322). (6) New Lifetstyles.(n.d.). Retrieved October 6, 2005, from http://www.thepedometercompany.com/pedometers.html (7) 10,000 Steps. (n.d.). Retrieved October 6, 2005, from http://www.10000steps.org.au/index2.html (8) Take 10. (n.d.). Retrieved October 6, 2005, from http://www.take10.net/whatistake10.asp?page=new (9) (n.d.). Retrieved October 10, 2005, from http://www.iqpc.com/cgi-bin/templates/document.html?document=55994&event=7466&topic=232 (10) Smith, S. L. (1997). Attendance and exercise good fit. Occupational Hazards, 59(11), 22-23. Retrieved October 10, 2005, from Proquest (22565441). (11) Mental Health; Americans coping with stress, anxiety might find relief with exercise. (2005). Managed Care Law Weekly, 83. Retrieved October 13, 2005, from Proquest (907521991).

14. Schools in the U.S. and Australia, were observed using this program. - http://www.10000steps.org.au/index2.html • Findings proved that “meaningful energy expenditure” resulted from the program. • Proved that structured physical activity could increase energy expenditure.