Enhancing Academic Success through Healthy School Environments Jean Ragalie RD President National Dairy Council March 4 2013 Dr EV McCollum 1929 Nutrition Education Program 1940 White House Conference on Children and Youth ID: 560020
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The Wellness Impact:
Enhancing Academic Success through Healthy School Environments
Jean Ragalie, RD
President, National Dairy Council
March 4, 2013Slide2
Dr. EV McCollum
1929 Nutrition Education Program
1940 White House Conference on Children and Youth
1941 Guide to Good Eating
1971 Big IdeasSlide3
Nutrition & Physical Activity
Learning Connection Summit
September 2012
Dr. David Satcher
Summit ChairSlide4
Physical Activity – Healthy Eating Are Linked With
……Slide5
Mutually Reinforcing
HIGHER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
POSITIVE HEALTH BEHAVIORS Slide6
Benefits of Breakfast at School
Improved attention
Increased math & reading scores
Fewer disciplinary referrals
Fewer visits to health office
Less tardiness
Improved attendanceSlide7
Improving School Performance
Brain research and impact on solving math problems
Brain activity was more active in breakfast-eaters, fewer mistakes made
Less brain activity and more
effort needed by breakfast skippers; more
mistakes, too Other studies show skippers have worse attention
and poorer memories than those eating breakfast Slide8
Physical Activity and Learning
Benefits to cognition after a 20-minute walk
Imaging shows more brain activity in active person than in person sitting quietlyOther research shows obesity has negative effects on cognitionSlide9
Part of the Solution
FuelUpToPlay60.orgSlide10
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