Beyond the Clinic: Three Ways to Make an Impact on Obesity in Local Schools
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Deb Loy, DirectorCoordinated School Health ProgramMinnesota Department of Education
June 1, 2012
MNAAP: Practical Approaches for managing and preventing pediatric obesity
Beyond the Clinic: Three Ways to Make an Impact on Obesity in
Local Schools
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Obesity Prevention In Schools
• School Health Policies• Impact of Health on Academic Outcomes• Address Disparities• Quality Nutrition• Physical Activity Plans• Staff wellness
• Integration of Health Into School Improvement– Making health a part of how schools operate– Highlighting the impact of health on academic outcomes
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Schools Today
• No Child Left Behind
• Current School/Health Environment
• Unintended Consequences
• USDA/School Wellness
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Prevention of Childhood Obesity
• Collective Impact- Collaborative work
• Critical Time for Kids
• Challenge Assumptions & Integrate New Research
• Common Goals
• Call to Action
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School Health
• Coordinated School Health Paradigms– Whole, greater than the sum– Need for coordination
• Whole-child Paradigms– Inter-connected parts of a whole child– Body-mind connectedness
• Obesity Impact on Brains/Cognition
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The Power of Pediatricians• In the Clinic with Families
– Utilizing well-child visits to educate/create expectation and demand
– Changing social norms through marketing
• At the School Board– The Power of the Pediatrician to Connect the Dots– The Power of Persuasion
• On the School Health Advisory Committee– Connecting Body and Mind– Integrating Health and Learning
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The Power of Pediatricians
• In the Classroom and Cafeteria– Minutes and Movement Matter– Kids Need Multiple Exposures to New Foods
• In the Community– The Power of Working Together– The Power of Examples
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Power of the Working Together/Advocacy
• At the Family/Community Level• At the Minnesota Legislature– COWG- Childhood Obesity Working Group– PE/HE /CSH
• At the Federal Level– Health– Education – Farm Bill
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Contact Info
• Deb Loy, Director– Coordinated School Health– Minnesota Department of Education– [email protected]– 651-582-8306