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Brochures for Parents, Teachers, and Principals to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth. These colorful brochures are designed to help parents, teachers, and principals increase physical activity among elementary and middle school-aged youth.
Guidelines for School and Community Programs to Promote Lifelong Physical Activity Among Young People. This document identifies strategies most likely to be effective in helping young people adopt and maintain a physically active lifestyle.
KidsWalk-to-School. This community-based program aims to increase opportunities for daily physical activity by encouraging children to walk to and from school in groups accompanied by adults. It also encourages collaboration among partners to create an environment that is supportive of walking and bicycling to school safely.
MyPyramid. Created by the USDA, MyPyramid translates nutrition recommendations into customized guidance on the types and amounts of food to eat each day based on age, gender, and physical activity level. MyPyramid also contains a tracking tool that can be used to assess food intake and physical activity levels.
MyPyramid for Kids. Created especially for youth ages 6-11, USDA’s MyPyramid for Kids is a child-friendly version of the new MyPyramid Food Guidance System that features games, tips, worksheets, coloring pages, and classroom materials.
Physical Activity Evaluation Handbook [pdf 590K] This handbook outlines the six basic steps of program evaluation and illustrates each step with physical activity program examples.
Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool. The Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT) will help school districts conduct a clear, complete, and consistent analysis of written physical education curricula, based upon national physical education standards. The PECAT is customizable to include local standards. The results from the analysis can help school districts enhance existing curricula, develop their own curricula, or select a published curriculum, for the delivery of quality physical education in schools.
Projects to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth. This report provides descriptions of projects implemented by state and local education agencies and national organizations to increase physical activity among youth. These projects were part of CDC's paid media campaign called “VERB: It’s what you do.”
Promoting Better Health for Young People Through Physical Activity and Sports: A Report to the President [pdf 380K]. This 2000 report, written by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education and released by the White House, outlines 10 strategies to promote health through lifelong participation in enjoyable and safe physical activity and sports. Also available as HTML.
Promoting Physical Activity: A Guide for Community Action. This guide uses a social marketing and behavioral science approach to intervention planning, guiding users through a step-by-step process to address the target population's understanding and skills, the social networks, the physical environments in which they live and work, and the policies that most influence their actions.
Resource Guide for Nutrition and Physical Activity Interventions to Prevent Obesity and Other Chronic Diseases [pdf 550K]. This document provides selected references and resources for developing or updating community nutrition and physical activity programs. Topics include obesity prevention and control, increased physical activity, improved nutrition, and reduced television time.
School Health Index: A Self-Assessment and Planning Guide. This tool enables schools to identify the strengths and weaknesses of physical education/activity policies and programs and develop an action plan for improvement.
CDC. Overweight Among Students in Grades K–12—Arkansas, 2003/04 and 2004/05 School Years. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report 2006;55(01):5-8.
CDC. Public Health Strategies for Preventing and Controlling Overweight and Obesity in School and Worksite Settings [pdf 200K]. Also available in HTML. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report 2005;54(RR-10):1–12.
CDC. Participation in High School Physical Education United States, 1991—2003. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report 2004;53(36):844-847.
CDC. Physical Activity Levels Among Children Aged 9-13 Years—United States, 2002. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report 2003;52(33):785-788.
Media-Smart Youth: Eat, Think, and Be Active! This program was developed by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and is designed to help young people ages 11–13 become aware of how media may influence the choices they make. It features fun, hands-on, interactive activities that teach critical thinking skills to help young people make smart decisions about what they eat and how they spend their time.
Overweight and Physical Activity Among Children: A Portrait of States and the Nation, 2005. A publication from the Health Resources and Services Administration highlighting the major findings of the National Survey of Children’s Health on overweight and physical activity among children. The survey presents national- and state-level information on the health and well-being of children aged 10-17 years, their families and neighborhood environments, and their use of health services.
Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. This report by the Surgeon General summarizes the existing literature on the role of physical activity in preventing disease and on the status of interventions to increase physical activity.
The Power of Choice: Helping Youth Make Healthy Eating and Fitness Decisions (A Leader’s Guide). Developed by the Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, this guide provides quick and simple activities for after-school program leaders to assist young adolescents make healthy fitness decisions.
Promoting Better Health for Young People Through Physical Activity and Sports. A report that outlines ten strategies to promote health and reduce obesity through lifelong participation in enjoyable and safe physical activity and sports.
The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity. Published by the Office of the Surgeon General, this call to action outlines strategies that communities can use to address the problems related to overweight and obesity, including increasing physical activity.
Team Nutrition: Local Wellness Policy. This web-based clearinghouse created by USDA contains reference materials to assist school districts with the development of local wellness policies for physical activity and nutrition, implementation tools and resources, and un-reviewed sample policies.
We Can! or "Ways to Enhance Children's Activity & Nutrition" is a national education program developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to help prevent childhood obesity in youth ages 8–13. We Can! focuses on programs and activities for parents and families as a primary group for influencing youth. The program provides turn-key resources and programs for parents, caregivers, and youth to encourage healthy eating, increase physical activity, and reduce screen time.
Bright Futures in Practice: Physical Activity. Created by the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, this guide offers health care providers current information on screening, assessment, and counseling to promote physical activity.
Developing Exemplary Practices in Nutrition and Physical Activity in After School Programs [pdf 400K]. A guide published by the Center for Collaborative Solutions designed to help after school program leaders and their partners join in the fight against the obesity epidemic facing our children and youth today in a systematic and effective way. This guide explains six exemplary practices and contains indicator rubrics that can be used by programs to assess how they are doing in each of the six practice areas and to help them focus their attention on the areas they want to improve.
Do More; Watch Less: TV/Screen Reduction Tool. Specifically for tweens, this tool kit was developed by the California Obesity Prevention Initiative at the California Department of Health Services. The tool kit encourages tweens to reduce screen-time by incorporating more screen-free activities into their lives. The kit includes step-by-step instructions and handouts that guide tweens through hands-on activities, including tracking the time they typically spend in front of a screen; embarking on a challenge to go screen-free for up to a week; setting a goal to engage in no more than 2 hours of screen-based activities per day; and celebrating their efforts to reduce their screen-time.
Guide to Community Preventive Services. The guide, produced by the independent Task Force on Community Preventive Services, makes recommendations regarding public health interventions to reduce illness, disability, premature death, and environmental hazards that impair community health and quality of life. Selected population-based interventions designed to increase levels of physical activity are included.
Guidelines for After School Physical Activity and Intramural Sport Programs [pdf 50K]. Produced by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education’s (NASPE), these guidelines provide teachers, school activity directors, school administrators, and program leaders with basic information for planning and implementing after-school physical activity and intramural programming for children in grades K–12.
Health, Mental Health, and Safety Guidelines for Schools: Physical Education. This compendium of guidelines is designed for those who influence the health, mental health and safety of students and school staff while they are in school, on school grounds, on their way to or from school, or involved in school-sponsored activities. They draw upon school health and safety guidelines and can assist in developing health and safety objectives.
How You Can Take Action. Developed by Action for Healthy Kids, these recommendations offer ways parents, school personnel, and others can take action to improve children's nutrition and physical activity in the education environment.
Maternal and Child Health Library. This electronic resource guide offers a selection of current resources that analyze data, describe public health campaigns and other promotion programs, and report on research aimed at identifying promising strategies for improving physical activity levels within families, schools, and communities. The resource is for health professionals, policymakers, educators, coaches, and families.
Moving into the Future: National Standards for Physical Education. This document establishes content standards for the physical education school program that clearly identify what a student should know and be able to do as a result of a quality physical education program, and establishes teacher-friendly guidelines for assessment of the content standards.
Navigation Guide for Teachers: Resources for School Health [pdf 4.7Mb]. This guide contains school health resources for professionals working in New Mexico schools. Some of the resources included are state-specific, but the majority of the content has a broader application.
Physical Education Checklist [pdf 50K]. This checklist, developed by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education, is an assessment tool that allows schools (including principals, teachers, and others) to assess their current physical education programs through 15 quick questions. Also included in this tool is an action plan worksheet to guide schools in developing short and long-term objectives for physical education.
Preventing Obesity in Youth through School-Based Efforts [pdf 290K]. Produced by the National Governor’s Association (NGA), this Issue Brief addresses childhood obesity and the role of schools in promoting healthy living and includes recommendations, examples, and resources for state leaders.
Role of Michigan Schools in Promoting Healthy Weight [pdf 1.8 Mb]. This consensus paper, developed collaboratively by the Michigan Department of Education, Michigan Department of Community Health, and the Michigan Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health, and Sports, provides practical guidelines and policy recommendations to promote healthy weight for all students.
National Association of State Boards of Education School Health Policy Database. This database includes a comprehensive set of school health laws and policies from 50 states. It contains brief descriptions of the policies and is searchable by state of topic.
Brown DR, Blanton CJ. Physical activity, sports participation, and suicidal behavior among college students. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 2002;34(7):1087–1096.
Burgeson CR, Wechsler H, Brener ND, Young JC, Spain CG. Physical education and activity: Results from the School Health Policies and Programs Study 2000. Journal of School Health 2001;71(7):279–293.
Carlson SA, Fulton JE, Lee SM, Maynard M, Brown DR, Kohl HW, Dietz WH. Physical Education and Academic Achievement in Elementary School: Data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. Am J Public Health. 2008.
Everett Jones S, Merkle SL, Fulton JE, Wheeler LS, Mannino DM. Relationship between asthma, overweight, and physical activity among US high school students. Journal of Community Health 2006;31(6):469-478.
Galuska DA, Fulton JE, Powell KE, Burgeson CR, Pratt M, Elster A, Griesemer BA. Pediatrician counseling about preventive health topics: Results from the Physicians' Practices Survey 1998–1999. Pediatrics 2002;109:e83.
Huhman M, Potter LD, Wong FL, Banspach SW, Duke JC, Heitzler CD. Effects of a mass media campaign to increase physical activity among children: Year 1 results of the VERB campaign. Pediatrics 2005;116:277-284.
Levin S, Lowry R, Brown DR, Dietz WH. Physical activity and body mass index among US adolescents. Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine 2003;157:816–820.
Lowry R, Galuska DA, Fulton JE, Wechsler H, Kann L, Collins JL. Physical activity, food choice, and weight management goals and practices among US college students. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2000;18(1):18–27.
McGraw SA, Sellers D, Stone E, Resnicow KA, Kuester S, Fridinger F, Wechsler H. Measuring implementation of school programs and policies to promote healthy eating and physical activity among youth. Preventive Medicine 2000;31(2):S86–S97.
Nihiser AJ, Lee SM, Wechsler H, McKenna M, Odom E, Reinold C, Thompson D, Grummer-Strawn L. Body Mass Index Measurement in Schools. Journal of School Health. 2007;77(10):651-671.
Pate RR, Trost SG, Mullis R, Sallis JF, Wechsler H, Brown DR. Community interventions to promote proper nutrition and physical activity among youth. Preventive Medicine 2000;31(2):S138.
Sallis JF, Patrick K, France E, Pratt M, Wechsler H, Galuska DA. Interventions in health care settings to promote healthful eating and physical activity in children and adolescents. Preventive Medicine 2000;31(2):S112–S120.
Simons-Morton B, Eitel P, Small ML. School physical education: secondary analyses of the School Health Policies and Programs Study. Journal of Health Education 1999;30(5):558–564.
Staten LK, Teufel-Shone NI, Steinfelt VE, Ortega N, Halverson K, Flores C, et al. The School Health Index as an impetus for change. Preventing Chronic Disease [serial online] 2005 Jan [date cited].
Wechsler H, Devereaux RS, Davis M, Collins J. Using the school environment to promote physical activity and healthy eating. Preventive Medicine 2000;31(2):S121–S137.
Wechsler H, McKenna M, Lee SM, Dietz W. The Role of Schools in Preventing Childhood Obesity. [pdf 627K] State Education Standard 2004;Dec: 4-12.
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