“Taking Local Wellness Policies to the Next Level. Why? Because

“TAKING LOCAL WELLNESS
POLICIES TO THE NEXT
LEVEL. WHY? BECAUSE WE
CARE ABOUT OUR KIDS!”
Tim Lutz, Superintendent
Kelliher Public Schools
Terri Swartout, School Health Coordinator
Minnesota Department of Education
TOPICS COVERED
 The definitive link between health and learning, focusing on
physical activity and healthy eating.
 The history of local wellness policies.
 Success stories of personalizing local wellness policies.
 The ask: embed school health in policies, practices, and school
improvement plans.
SCHOOLS
 95% of American youth attend school.
 Average school day consists of 6 hours in length.
 Schools play a particularly critical role by establishing a safe and
supportive environment with policies and practices that support
healthy behaviors.
 Schools also provide opportunities for students to learn about and
practice healthy eating and physical activity behaviors.
SCHOOLS THE
OF
PREVENTION
"Health and success in school are
interrelated. Schools cannot achieve their
primary mission of education if students and
staff are not healthy and fit physically,
mentally, and socially.”
Wechsler, McKenna, Lee, and Dietz
HEALTH IS ACADEMIC
BECAUSE . . .
 Helping young people stay healthy is a
fundamental part of the mission of our schools
 Health behaviors are associated with academic
achievement
 School health programs can help improve
students’ academic achievement
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SUCCESS IN SCHOOL IS
MORE THAN JUST ACADEMICS
Schools must also consider other factors that affect
academic achievement:
Healthy Food
Options
Opportunities To Be
Physically
HealthyActive
Food
Options
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HEALTHY EATING AND
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Dietary Behavior/Issue
Related Academic Achievement Outcomes
Participation in the
School Breakfast
Program (SBP)
• Increased academic grades and
standardized test scores
• Reduced absenteeism
• Improved cognitive performance
Skipping breakfast
• Decreased cognitive performance
Lack of adequate
consumption of specific
foods
• Lower grades
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HEALTHY EATING AND
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Dietary Behavior/Issue
Related Academic Achievement Outcomes
Deficits in specific
nutrients
• Lower grades
• Higher rates of absenteeism and tardiness
Insufficient food intake
•
•
•
•
Lower grades
Higher rates of absenteeism
Repeating a grade
Inability to focus
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Percent of students who reported mostly As,
by weight status based on BMI
(8th, 9th, and 11th grade students; n=104.790)
% of students reporting mostly As
100
80
60
45.6
40
34.6
24.9
20
0
Normal or underweight
Overweight
Weight status based on BMI
Obese
Percent of students who reported mostly As,
by frequency of fruit consumption
(5th, 8th, 9th, and 11th grade students; n=142,633)
% of students reporting mostly As
100
80
60
54.7
42.8
40
55.3
47.9
41.8
33.8
24.9
20
0
Did not
eat
1-3 times 4-6 times 1 time per 2 times
3 times
day
per day per day
Frequency of fruit consumption
4 times
per day
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Percent of students who reported mostly As,
by days physically active
(5th, 8th, 9th, and 11th grade students; n=145,360)
% of students reporting mostly As
100
80
60
54.1
40
30.2
33.5
36.4
45.3
46
4 days
5 days
44.4
39.6
20
0
0 days
1 day
2 days
3 days
6 days
Number of days physically active for at least 60 minutes
7 days
“No matter how well teachers are prepared to teach,
no matter what accountability measures are put in
place, no matter what governing structures are
established for schools, educational progress will be
profoundly limited if students are not motivated and
able to learn. Health related problems play a major
role in limiting the motivation and ability to learn…”
~Charles Basch
http://www.equitycampaign.org/i/a/document/12557_equitymattersvol6_web03082010.pdf
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Health Index
Indicator
Definitions of having the health asset
BMI
Chronic health
Physical activity
Fruit and vegetable
Sugar drinks
Fast food
Food security
Mental health
Sleep
Safe at school
Bullied
Smoking
Alcohol
Sex
Body mass index of less than the 85th percentile
No long-term health problem or physical disability
At least 60 minutes of physical activity per day for at least five of last seven days
Consumed at least one fruit or vegetable per day in the last week
Did not consume any sugar drinks in previous day
Did not consume fast food in last week
Did not skip meals in last week due to lack of money
Does not have long term mental health, emotional, or behavioral problems
Gets 8 or more hours of sleep on a typical school night
Strongly agreed or agreed that he/she feels safe at school
Not bullied weekly or more in last month
Did not smoke in last month
Did not drink alcohol in last 30 days
Has not ever had sexual intercourse
n=58,157
Adapted from Ickovics et al., 2014
Percentage
77.9%
85.5%
48.2%
53.8%
19.5%
28.7%
95.8%
87.7%
34.2%
93.7%
87.6%
90.8%
79.4%
74.5%
Percent of students with health assets
30.0%
25.0%
21.3%
20.0%
18.3%
18.5%
15.0%
12.2%
10.9%
10.0%
7.0%
4.0%
5.0%
0.4%
0.8%
3.9%
1.9%
0.7%
0.0%
Number of health assets
Reported Grades
(% students who reported mostly As, by number of health assets)
100%
80%
80%
71%
63%
60%
56%
46%
37%
40%
27%
20%
20%
9%
11%
12%
4
5
15%
0%
0-3
6
7
8
9
10
Number of health assets
11
12
13
14
Reported Days Absent Due to Sickness
(% students who reported at least one day absent in last 30 days,
by number of health assets)
100%
80%
60%
40%
34%
27%
23%
21%
17%
20%
13%
10%
9%
7%
5%
4%
3%
11
12
13
14
0%
0-3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Number of health assets
Reported Times Sent to Office for Discipline
(% students who reported at least one time in last 30 days,
by number of health assets)
100%
80%
60%
42%
40%
30%
23%
20%
19%
15%
10%
7%
5%
3%
2%
1%
1%
10
11
12
13
14
0%
0-3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Number of health assets
MINNESOTA
LOCAL WELLNESS POLICY
OVERVIEW
REQUIRED ELEMENTS
BUILD YOUR TEAM
A LIVING DOCUMENT
KELLIHER
KELLIHER SCHOOL WELLNESS POLICY
Purpose
The Kelliher Public School district shall strive to make a significant contribution
to the general well being, mental and physical capacity and learning ability of
each student. We will afford students the opportunity to fully participate in the
educational process. The district shall promote a healthy school by supporting
wellness, good nutrition and regular physical activity as a part of the total learning
environment. The district shall support a healthy environment where children
learn and participate in positive dietary and lifestyle practices. By facilitating
learning through the support and promotion of good nutrition and physical
activity, the school contributes to the basic health status of children. Improved
health optimizes student performance and helps ensure that no child is left behind.
KELLIHER
GENERAL STATEMENT OF POLICY
Healthy eating and physical activity are demonstrably linked to
reduced risk for mortality and a reduction in the development of many chronic
diseases as adults. To help insure the health and well-being of all students, it is the
policy of the Kelliher School Board to support a School-wide Wellness Plan that
allows for the provision and teaching of an active school day and healthy eating
habits that will become life-long habits for students and staff as follows:
KELLIHER
Ensure that all children have access to adequate and healthy food choices on scheduled school
days at reasonable prices. All meals or food sold to students at Kelliher School must:
1. Be a “whole grain-rich” grain product; or
2. Have as the first ingredient a fruit, a vegetable, a dairy product, or a protein food; or
3. Be a combination food that contains at least ¼ cup of fruit and/or vegetable; or
4. Contain 10% of the Daily Value (DV) of one of the nutrients of public health concern in
the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (calcium, potassium, vitamin D, or dietary
fiber).*
KELLIHER
KELLIHER
All students in grades K-12 will have opportunities, support and encouragement
to be physically active on a regular basis. The following opportunities for physical
activity will be provided for all students:
1. Every-day physical education classes
lasting 25 minutes for elementary students;
2. Supervised, unstructured recess for 30
minutes prior to lunch;
3. Two 10-minute classroom exercise
activity breaks: aerobics, yoga, palates
and/or balance routines will be
encouraged;
KELLIHER
MODEL SCHOOL WELLNESS
POLICY
RESOURCES TO TAKE
5 MORE YEARS…
THANK YOU
 Tim Lutz - [email protected]
 Terri Swartout – [email protected]

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