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Agenda Topics |
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Introductions |
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Pyramid Power (ice breaker) |
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What is Planet Health? (Presentation and
Activity) |
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Are you concerned about your students’ nutrition
and physical activity habits? (Discussion) |
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The Health of Young People: Trends in Nutrition,
Physical Activity, and Inactivity. (Presentation) |
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Turning the Tables: Why Schools Need to be Part
of the Solution (Presentation) |
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Planet Health’s
Educational Approach (Presentation) |
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Planet Health’s Nutrition and Physical Activity
Messages (Activities) |
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Using the Planet Health Curriculum (Planning
Activity) |
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Talking to Youth about Nutrition and Physical
Activity Habits (Role Play/
Discussions) |
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Lesson 31 (Introductory Classroom Lesson, p.
103) Do You Make Space for Fitness and Nutrition? |
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Lesson 33 (Language Arts, p. 143) Carbohydrates:
Energy Foods |
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Lesson 34 (Language Arts, p. 159) The Language
of Food |
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Lesson 49 (Science, p. 327) Fat Functions |
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Lesson 62 (Social Studies, p. 464) Impact of
Technology |
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Appendix D (p. 495) Charting TV Viewing Time:
Power Down |
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Introduction to FitCheck (Physical Education, p.
21) |
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Trends in Nutrition, Physical Activity, and
Inactivity |
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Trends in Nutrition: |
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Only 1 in 4 children eat two servings of fruits
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Only 1 in 2 eats three servings of vegetables. |
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70% eat more saturated fat than experts
recommend. |
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Teenagers today drink twice as much soda as
milk. |
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SOURCES: USDHHS. Healthy People 2010 |
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Cavadini C. et al. Arch Dis Child 2000;83:18-24 (based on
USDA surveys) |
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Trends in Activity and Inactivity: |
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Approximately one third of American youth are
not vigorously active on a regular basis. |
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Participation in all types of physical activity
declines strikingly as age or grade in school increases, especially in
girls. |
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TV use averages 2.2 to 3.5 hrs/day among older
children and teens, but 30% watch 5 or more hrs/day |
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SOURCES: CDC, National Youth Risk Behavior
Survey, 1999 |
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Wiecha et al. Ambul Pediatr. 2001; 1:244-251. |
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Diet and physical activity patterns together
account for at least 300,000 deaths among adults in the U.S. each year;
only tobacco use contributes to more deaths. |
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61% of U.S. adults are overweight or obese |
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26% are obese |
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90% of US Children attend school daily. |
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School-based programs can prevent obesity. |
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Healthy eating and adequate physical activity
are a critical part of learning and achievement. |
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Brain development and function require an
adequate supply of nutrients. |
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Eating Breakfast increases academic test scores,
daily attendance, concentration,
and class participation. |
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Children learn through movement. |
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Physical activity increases alertness. |
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Schools that offer intensive physical activity
programs see no negative effects on standardized academic achievement
scores even when time for physical education is taken from the academic day |
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Planet Health has been evaluated and shown to be
effective in a scientific study. |
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It improves student knowledge of nutrition and
physical activity. |
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It reduces T.V. viewing time in both boys and
girls. |
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It increases fruits and vegetable consumption in
girls. |
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It prevents obesity in girls. |
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Gortmaker et al. Arch. of Ped and Adol. Med.,1999;
153:409-418. |
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Each classroom lesson: |
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Addresses Massachusetts learning standards in
one of the four academic subjects. |
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Uses content and/or skills specific to one of
the academic subjects. |
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Addresses one or more of the health learning
standards. |
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Incorporates language skills. |
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Ideally students should do this lesson after the
student self-assessment lesson and before any other lessons on the Food
Guide Pyramid. |
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Yummy Carrots |
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I eat them day or night, |
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So I can see just right. |
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I love the great taste |
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That never goes to waste. |
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I love them with salad dressing |
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Not having them is so depressing |
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Orange, bright and healthy for me, |
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Which makes me able to see |
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They’re fun to eat cause they crunch |
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And you can have them for lunch. |
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I think carrots are good, for me |
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That’s why I eat them all, you see. |
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-Taft Middle School Student, Brighton MA |
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Pineapples |
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Pineapples can be sweet or sour, |
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Or as yellow as a flower. |
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Eating one is so much fun |
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When it’s shining like the sun. |
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The outside’s like a porcupine, |
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But the inside is quite fine. |
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When you tear it, oh, it rips |
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Softly into juicy strips. |
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Pizza’s good with pineapple on top, |
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Dripping juice like water from a mop. |
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It’s taste is so easy to explain |
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In summer sun or winter rain. |
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-Taft Middle School Student, Brighton MA |
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How do the computer, TV, Internet, and VCR
affect the daily physical activity of children your age? |
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Compare your physical activity to the physical
activity of children living in the early 1800s. Give several details to support your answer. How do you
account for the difference? |
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Compare your free time to the free time of
children living in the 1800s How do you account for the difference? |
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Why do we need to do these Planet Health
lessons? |
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Will Planet Health help me lose weight? |
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I don’t like exercise. Why is it important? |
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I like to watch TV. Why do I need to stop watching TV? |
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Notes