Healthy Schools

1. Healthy Schools College Math

2. Healthy Eating Megan Handwerk Sean Nagle Andrew Mish Alyssa Everett

3. Nibbling Study • In 1989 David Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D., and Tom Wolever, M.D., Ph.D of the University of Toronto set up a “nibbling study” • The study tested the possibility of keeping digestion constant and even • The subjects who ate 5-6 small meals rather than 3 big meals felt better and had lower cholesterol • 5-6 meals causes insulin to be spread out and keeps glucose levels even, which control energy levels • www.dummies.com/how-to/why-eat-more-than-three-meals-a-day.navld-323469

4. Eating Small Frequent Meals • Speeds up your metabolism • Prevents binges and controls cravings • Helps maintain high energy levels by regulating blood sugar and insulin levels

5. Speeds up metabolism • Metabolism is like a “fat-burning machine” • No food in stomach causes it to shut off • Infrequent eating sends body into fasting mode • Metabolism slows down • When you do eat less calories are burned

6. Controlling Binges and Cravings • Research shows that, due to hypoglycemia, it is more likely for one to overeat following infrequent eating • It takes 20 minutes for your brain to register that you’re full • Ones metabolism is not ready to burn all the food consumed during binges after being shut off for a while

7. Maintaining energy levels • Eating frequently keeps insulin levels stable • No carbohydrates in the body causes insulin levels to drop drastically • Large amounts of carbohydrates in the body causes spikes in insulin levels • Spiking insulin levels causes high energy levels and then a quick crash followed by feelings of tiredness, and sugar cravings

8. Eating More Than 3 Meals a Day • You need food at regular intervals in order to stay energized, avoid overeating, and control weight • The break between lunch during the school day and the next available time to eat at home causes glucose levels to drop • Low glucose levels lead to low energy • 5-6 smaller meals a day which keeps your metabolism and energy going • The most efficient way to deal with hunger and appetite is to obey your body’s natural cues

9. Suggestions for Change • Snacks available for sale in classrooms • Students fed more regularly • Profit for school • Mess contained inside the room

10. Breakfast Programs California Public Schools Study http://www.breakfastfirst.org/Nutrition.html#

11. Breakfast Programs Maryland Meals for Achievement Study Tardiness decreased by 8% Standardized Testing Scores increased >80% of staff said the learning environment was improved 72% of staff said classroom behavior had benefited 73% of staff said student attentiveness had increased

12. Breakfast Programs “I felt I had enough to do with preparing for teaching that to have breakfast in my classroom would just be extra work and a big mess,” the teacher explained. “But I found that I barely have to do any work at all, and the kids are so much better behaved that my lessons go much smoother. I would want to tell other teachers that it may seem like a hassle, but it really is minimal work with a lot of positive payoffs.…I would be upset now if they took the breakfast program away.”

13. More Meals A Day? • Eating frequently is healthier than fad diets that deprive the body of food • Portion size is a key to healthy dieting and weight loss • 5 meals a day is ideal compared to 3 • Ice cold water also helps with weight loss and is healthy http://www.articlesbase.com/weight-loss-articles/healthy-dieting-eat-5-meals-a-day-and-lose-weight-56144.html

14. Eating frequently • Eating frequently -wont give you hunger pains and will not over eat -metabolism works quickly and burns more calories -food is absorbed quicker and more efficiently when you eat regularly

15. Portion size • Portion should be the size of your fist or palm

16. 5 meals vs. 3 meals • 3 meals a day is a man made concept (fits into schedules) • 5 meals is more healthy going back to the eating frequently slide • Creatures in nature • Bears- binge eaters, eat a lot at one time, more fat to hibernate (pear shaped body) - Deer, elk, horses, etc.- they graze eating a little all day, they are thinner, more muscular, and less fat

17. Ice cold water • Makes body warm up the water and has to burn calories to do so, leading to weight loss • Many hunger pains are just thirst pains and can be solved by drinking ice cold water

18. Benefits of Breakfast • If you don’t eat breakfast It may send your body into a “semistarvation mode” which can cause physical, intellectual, and behavioral problems. • Breakfast eaters also tend to weigh less than breakfast skippers. • Eating breakfast jumpstarts your metabolism therefore helping you burn more calories Sources: Webmd.com

19. Benefits of Breakfast Improves performance in classroom / playground Improves concentration Improves Hand-eye coordination Lowers cholesterol levels More strength and endurance Improves ability to control weight Improves overall nutrition

20. Sanitation Kelsi Celeste Kaitey Fienour Jess Geisler

21. Issues faced from being unsanitary • 1 in 3 people do not wash their hands after using the restroom • Unclean hands spread food poisoning • 5.5 million people get food poisoning each year • 25% of contracting this illness is due to improper hand washing • 25% of illnesses are due to • improper hand washing

22. What can we do to be more sanitary? • Cold & flu are spread through contact. • Having utensils in bins = susceptible to germs • Get dispensers for utensils would help to prevent the spread of illness. • Install sensored hand sanitizer dispensers around school • Install sensored bathroom utilities • More than 160+ million school days are lost due to illness. • Greatly decrease if kids washed their hands. • Sink area in the cafeteria.

23. What can we do to be more sanitary? • Locker rooms are a breeding ground for viruses. • Bacteria commonly found in locker rooms: • Staph/MRSA • Ringworm • Athletes Foot • Can be contracted from dirty floor/towel/locker • Practice cleaning locker rooms more thoroughly • Kids wipe down equipment/locker they were using.

24. Sensored Components Objects that can become sensorized: • Toilets • Sinks • Soap Dispensers • Paper Towels This creates a non-touch environment, preventing the spread of germs through contact.

25. Hand Sanitizer Dispensers • Allows kids opportunity to get clean hands without having to leave to go to the rest room. • Benefits of hand sanitizer: • If placed in classrooms, more time for teaching • Decreases the spread of germs which cause student/teacher absences • Studies have shown it’s more effective than hand washing to prevent spread of germs

26. Exercise in Our School Kaiti Snyder Garth Ritter Sarah Burton

27. Statistics Supporting Physical Education Classes • Currently only 19% of all high school students are physically active for 20 minutes or more in physical fitness classes every day during the school week. • Nearly 50% of young people are not vigorously active an a regular basis (ages 12-20) • Encouraging young people to be active reduces the risk that they will be sedentary as adults.

28. Statistics Cont. • Only 25 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 engaged in moderate physical activity for at least 30 minutes on 5 or more of the previous 7 days in 2003. • Only 28 percent of students in grades 9 through 12 participated in daily school physical education in 2003, down from 42 percent in 1991.

29. Statistics Cont. • Daily enrollment in physical education classes dropped from 42 percent to 25 percent among high school students between 1991 and 1995. • Only 36% of high school students meet current recommendations for physical activity. • Typically, only 15-18% of students in a school are athletes

31. Benefits of Physical Activity • Helps build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints. • Helps control weight, build lean muscle, and reduce fat. • Prevents or delays the development of high blood pressure and helps reduce blood pressure in some adolescents with hypertension. • Builds self confidence

32. Physical Education Class Standards The Seven Standards of National Association for Sport and Physical Education: 1. Demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few forms 2. Applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and development of motor skills 3. Exhibits a physically healthy lifestyle 4. Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness 5. Demonstrates responsible personal and social behavior in physical activity settings 6. Demonstrates understanding and respect for differences among people in physical activity settings 7. Understands that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social interactions

33. Current Curriculum

34. Current Curriculum • Students are required to take: • 90 days of wellness in grade 9 • 90 days of physical fitness in grade 10 • 45 days of physical fitness and 45 days of wellness in grade 11

35. Current Curriculum • Class activities try to cover the five components of physical fitness. • Cardiovascular Endurance • Muscular Strength • Muscular Endurance • Flexibility • Body Composition

36. Survey Results • When 38 students of the general student body were asked to rate the efficiency of our current physical fitness class (1-lowest, 5-highest) • 5: 4 students • 4: 8 students • 3: 17 students • 2: 8 students • 1: 1 student A majority of the students feel that the current curriculum is not as effective as it could be.

37. Survey Results Cont’d

38. Survey Results Cont’d

39. Survey Results Cont’d

40. Survey Results Cont’d • 36 out of 38 students were in favor of a choice of personal and team fitness classes • 20 preferred team sports • 18 preferred personal fitness • Over 70 percent of the students were in favor of physical education for all four years of high school

41. Suggestions • Based off research conducted from the internet, other schools, and the gym teachers we feel these changes should be made: • Two fitness classes geared toward team sports and personal fitness • A gym requirement all four years of high school

42. Personal Fitness Class • Geared towards less competitive individuals who wish to improve their personal health through means other than team sports • Some paired activities will be implemented to encourage teamwork • The skills learned in this class will benefit for a lifetime • Yoga, step aerobics, lifting, walking, running/ jogging, Martial arts, aerobic exercises, self defense, strength training, Wii, DDR, badminton

43. Personal Fitness Class 47% of students feel that they would benefit from a personal fitness option. West Babylon High School, in New York, has implemented a class like this with great success. Nearly a third of their students opted to take the personal class rather than traditional gym class.

44. Team Fitness Class • Geared towards students who are interested in competing in team sports for physical fitness • Lifting, flag football, soccer, baseball/softball, basketball, volleyball, lacrosse, floor hockey

45. Due to our concern for our school’s health we would greatly appreciate it if you took these facts and ideas into consideration. • THANK YOU!