Michiana Project-Coordinated School Health & “Secure Your Own Mask First!”

Michiana Project-Coordinated School Health& “Secure Your Own Mask First!” Presented by: JoAnne Owens-Nauslar, Ed.D.; FASHA; FNAS; LBWA Director of Corporate/Community Development GeoFitness, Inc.-Orlando, FL drjo@geofitness.com 407.488.4806

Expectations • Chance to Laugh/Learn/Share • Nation’s Health/School Success Issues/Our Role • Chances to Move to Improve • Call to Action-Activity-An answer to the inactivity epidemic “Secure Your Own Mask First!”tm

“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”Will Rogers • You will remember: • 10% -Read • 20% -Hear • 30% -See • 50% -See & Hear • 70% -Discuss • 80% -EXPERIENCE • 95% -TEACH SOMEONE ELSE - William Glasser

Trends* Among U.S. Adults (*BMI ≥30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5’ 4”person)

OBESITY

Nation / World • Obese children at risk of disease • Experts see a rising trend in fatty liver disease, which can be halted with weight loss.

Fit to Be Hired • Physical condition, personal habits can open window to future – or close the door.

1990 1995 2001 No Data <4% 4%-6% 6%-8% 8%-10% >10% Diabetes Trends* Among Adults in the U.S.,(Includes Gestational Diabetes)BRFSS, 1990,1995 and 2001 Source: Mokdad et al., Diabetes Care 2000;23:1278-83; J Am Med Assoc 2001;286:10.

Trends* Among Children • An overweight adolescent has 70% chance of becoming an overweight adult. • More overweight children are going into hospitals for diabetes (including Type 2), sleep apnea, asthma, hypertension and high blood pressure. • Obesity shortens the lifespan by 9 years • The costs of childhood obesity more than tripled in the last 20 years to $127 million.

Ask For the Order • Marquita Andrews Story-Product, Ask, Do Not Go Away Until You Get Your Way! • Let someone of PMI know you were here • Recommend that someone from with our professional skill set speak to all • Belong-State Organizations; National-Select your areas of interest • Know the research on meaningful movement, brain development, & school success

P H Y S I C A L E D U C A T I O N • Physical activity is positively associated with academic performance • Dwyer, Blizzard, and Dean, 1996

P H Y S I C A L E D U C A T I O N • Students who participated in school physical education programs did not experience a harmful effect on their standardized test scores, though less time was available for other academic subjects • Sallis, McKenzie, Kolody, Lewis, Marshall, and Rosengard, 1999, • Shephard, 1996 • Dwyer, Coonan, Leitch, Hetzel, and Baghurst, 1983

S C H O O L - S I T E H E A L T H P R O M O T I O N F O R S T A F F • Teachers who participated in a health promotion program focusing on exercise, stress management, and nutrition reported: • Increased participation in exercise and lower weight • Better ability to handle job stress • A higher level of well-being • Blair, Collingwood, Reynolds, Smith, Hagan, and Sterling, 1984

Stuff to Keep You Sane • Avoid Housework (Leading cause of cancer and heart disease)  • Change Sick Leave to WELL Leave • Walk Off the Job-Tobacco Users DO • Practice the Dipper in the Bucket Theory • Avoid Stinkin’ Thinkin’ • Join ME…Be a HOOKER & a PUSHER

The Power of P’s • Partnerships and Philanthropy • Physical Therapists/Great funding partners • Participants-5th graders • Policy-Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act of 2004-Wellness Policies • Physical Activity Education, Employee Wellness, Before & After School Programs(21st Century Grants), Cross Curricular, Athletics & Activities

It’s no secret - we have a childhood obesity epidemic in the U.S… In 2000, 15% of children and adolescents were overweight… that’s 3 times the proportion in 1980 (CDC) …but did you know that one of the leading causes is actually an inactivity epidemic? The Growing “Inactivity” Epidemic

How Many Steps – BMI Referenced Standards* • How much activity separates normal weight from overweight/obese children • 12,000 steps for girls • 15,000 steps for boys • Converted to time… • 107 minutes for girls • 137 minutes for boys *Tudor-Locke, C., et.al. (2004). BMI-referenced standards for recommended pedometer-determined steps/day in children. Preventative Medicine, in press.

Where Students Accumulate Activity Morgan, C. F., Pangrazi, R. P., & Beighle, A. (2003). Using pedometers to promote physical activity in physical education. Journal of Physical Education Recreation and Dance, 74(7), 33-38.

Create Success • Exciting variety of activities • Easy to follow numbers and cues • Physically and mentally challenging • Diverse applications and curriculum • Enhances social interaction • Emotional safety Personal Success = Exercise Adherence

Brain Development • Music, rhythm, repetitive practice of patterns … using balance and eye-tracking are all powerful tools for physical and mental learning. Vanessa Sluming, University of Liverpool, 2002, UK

Brain Development • To improve our brains, we have to move our bodies… Exercises involving learning a series of complex movements while coordinating one’s balance have been proven to generate a greater number of connections between neurons. These connections make it easier for children of all ages to learn. John Ratey, Harvard Medical School, , 2001 & 2008

Brain Development • Brain-compatible learning means that educators should weave math, movement, geography, social skills, role play, science, and recreational music making together. Larry Abraham, University of Texas, 1997

Academic Performance Research indicates that academic performance is influenced by several factors: • Healthy Nutrition • Positive Environment • Music and Arts • Physical Activity & Movement Optimal Learning Development

The Roper Project • 5th graders • Physical activity • Wellness • Leadership • Respect/Responsibility • Employee Wellness • Before/After School Programming • Ongoing

The FUNdamentals of School SUCCESS • S-Sincere Dedication • U-Unique • C-Communication • C-Commitment • E-Energy/Excitement/Enthusiasm/Exercise • S-Stress Management • S-SUCCESS-If it is to be…It is Up to ME

I’d rather see a sermon than hear one any day . . . I’d rather one should walk with me than merely show the way. The eye is a better pupil and more willing than the ear. Fine counsel is confusing, but examples always clear. See A Sermon

I soon can learn to do it, if you’ll let me see it done. I can see your hands in action, but your tongue too fast may run. And the lectures you deliver may be very fine and true, but I’d rather get a lesson by observing what you do.

For I may misunderstand you and the HIGH ADVICE you GIVE,BUT there’s no misunderstanding how you act and how you LIVE!!Edgar Guest

Dr. Jo Philosophy People who want milk should not seat themselves in the middle of the pasture and hope that the cow backs up to them.

Join the GeoFit Generation & Get Moving America Be Safe [ provide physical & emotional safety, build confidence] Have Fun [ provide great music, variety, socialization, success – step by number ] Get Fit [ fitness activities embedded into fun programming ]

Don’t QUIT • When things go wrong as they sometimes will, when the road you are trudging seems all uphill; • When the funds are low and the debts are high and you want to laugh, but you have to cry. • When life is pressing you down a bit, rest if you must, but please don’t QUIT.

Don’t QUIT Life is weird with it’s twists and turns as many of us sometimes learn.

Don’t QUIT • And many a failure turns about when you might have won had you stuck it out. So don’t give up though the pace seems slow, you may succeed with another blow.

Don’t QUIT • Success is failure turned inside out the silver tint of the clouds of doubt. And you never can tell how close you are. It may be near when it seems so far.

Don’t QUIT • So stick to the fight when you are hardest hit…it’s when things seem worst that you must not QUIT!

Michiana Project-Coordinated School Health & “Secure Your Own Mask First!”