ND CSH Promote Healthy Eating & Physical Activity
HNES 600
The workshop will familiarize participants from state, territorial, regional, or local education and health agencies or other stakeholders with CDC’s School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (Guidelines). Lead participants from state, territorial, regional, or local education and health agencies or other stake holders through the Guidelines to identify healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices for schools. Guide participants from state, territorial, regional, or local education and health agencies or other stakeholders in making a commitment to improve healthy eating and physical activity in schools.
Objectives:
Following the workshop, participants from state, territorial, regional, or local education and health agencies or other stakeholders will be able to:
- Define the terms overweight and obesity.
- Describe three health consequences of childhood obesity.
- Explain the purpose of CDC’s School Health Guidelines to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity.
- Identify at least two healthy eating and two physical activity policies or practices that can be implemented in schools to address obesity.
- Prioritize two guidelines to address obesity, physical activity, and nutrition in your state, region, city or school district.
- Name three groups of stakeholders in your state, region, city or school district that need to be informed about the Guidelines.
- Identify 4-8 evidence-based policies or practices for developing or enhancing a Local School Wellness Policy using the strategies and actions presented in CDC’s Guidelines.
- Create an action plan with your team to identify next steps for implementing at least one evidence-based physical activity or healthy eating policy or practice in your state, region, city or school district.
- Apply the knowledge, skills and strategies learned at the CDC’s Guidelines workshop to initiate school-level changes in your state, region, city or school district.