Download - Toni Yancey: Instant Recess
What’s Good for the
Waistline Is Good for
the Bottom Line!
Toni (Antronette K.) Yancey, MD, MPHCo-Director, UCLA KP Center for Health Equity
Professor, Health Policy & Management Dept
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
“Recapturing Recess”
Introduction
"Damn, wish she were a boy!”
Three of the four Hall sisters of KC
I am A Woman of ColorA PoetAn AthleteA ScholarAn Act ive~istA Cancer Surv ivor
Which of these chairs
is more likely to kill you?
1 million
yrs ago
10,000 yrs
ago1915 2000 2010
TRENDS IN ENERGY EXPENDITURE
Agriculture
6000 cal
Laborers
3000 cal
Hunter-gatherers
5000 cal
Mouse potatoes
1500 cal?
Office workers
1800 cal
Est
imate
d d
aily e
nerg
y
expendit
ure
1 million
yrs ago
10,000 yrs
ago1915 2000 2010
TRENDS IN ENERGY EXPENDITUREEst
imate
d d
aily e
nerg
y
expendit
ure
Physical activity is still
important to health
and well-being!
*Image from Barefoot Runner Society
*
Leisure Time Physical Activity Levels:
Little Change in >2 Decades
1960sWe s h a l l n o t b e m o v e d
2000sWe cannot be moved
Which “Personal Trainer”
Achieved Better Results?
“push” vs. “pull” strategies
1 million
yrs agoToday
Introducing 10-minute activity bouts in the work or school day can:
Decrease Increase
Waist line, blood pressure, weight, and percent body fat
Appetite
Urge to smoke
Stress and anxiety
Harmful effects of prolonged sitting
Engagement of inactive people
Mood, self-efficacy, self-esteem
Fruit and vegetable intake and water consumption
Physical activity
Concentration
Energy levels
Cognitive processing, esp. executive function component (judgment and processing efficiency)
Bone density
Employee morale
Instant Recess
Easy to do anywhere Brief, fun and engaging
Proven benefits of movement
Two-pronged approach to burning more calories
Remove barriers to / increase demand
for movement Increase access to (supply of) movement
January 12, 2012
Washington DC
Dept of Health
Wobble Dance
Instant Recess®
South Bay Health Center
Launched Instant Recess® Jan 2011 in call center,
Apr in lab/path, Jun in in-pt unit 3000
Compared to 2010 data from same period,
reduced sick days by nearly 2 days per pay period
Injury rates--“accepted workers’ comp claims”—
decreased by 33% to 300%
Instant Recess® @ Network for a Healthy CA
elementary school
Instant Recess® @ Phoenix charter school
Instant Recess® @ Indianapolis middle
school
San Diego Padres’
PETCO Park on
Sunday home game
“family” days; 2013
will be 6th season
The Jesus Shuffle
ENABLE CHANGE
Build the case for
recess:
•Health & productivity
evidence
•Return on investment
figures for
implementing recess
•Case studies
Provide tools for
implementation:
•Step-by-step guide
•Engagement ideas
•Tracking charts
•Motivational materials http://corptoolkit.keenfootwear.com
RECESS COST BENEFIT CALCULATOR
ActiveProducing or involving action or
movement
ActivistTaking direct and militant action to
achieve a political or social goal
Active~istEngaging in active social change
September 6, 2011
Instant Recess® is
a movement
of ACTIVE~ists
(“Sparkplugs”)
dedicated to effecting
social change
through MOVEMENT
Beyonce’s Move your Body!
modeled on Instant Recess®
Facebook.com/InstantRecess @InstantRecess
www.instantrecess.com
Sparkplugs!