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Prevent Obesity Encourage our youth to make healthy choices! recommendations 6 AMONG oklahoma public high school students in 2017: Get Enough Sleep 8 to 10 hours a night for teens (those sleeping less are more likely to be overweight or obese). 7 Eat more fruits and vegetables Eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables each day. Less tv Reduce sedentary behavior by having fewer TV sets in the home and removing TV and other media from the bedroom and kitchen. Eat at least 3 times a day starting with breakfast or a morning snack. Try to space meals 3-5 hours apart. Less sugar Have less sugar-sweetened drinks, high-calorie snacks, and sweets. Be Active Have fun with family centered activities, like going to a park or walking/bicycle trails, bowling, walking the dog, etc. Aim for 60 minutes a day. AT SCHOOL: Offer healthy fruit snacks in vending machines (dried fruits, fruit and nut bars, etc.). AT HOME: Keep healthy foods and drinks readily available and in plain sight. 17% were obese 1 17% were overweight 2 29% Got at least 60 minutes of physical activity everyday 3 27% Took part in physical education (PE) classes on all 5 days 4 23% Watched television 3 or more hours a day 5 Used computers 3 or more hours a day 5 43% 12% Ate fruit or drank 100% fruit juice three or more times per day 3 9% Ate vegetables three or more times per day 3 Access to better choices This publication was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number, NU87PS004145, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health. This publication was issued by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), an equal opportunity employer and provider. A digital file has been deposited with the Publications Clearinghouse of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. Copies have not been printed but are available for download at www.health.ok.gov. | February 2018 | Graphic Design: Brenda Mangum | 18018MCHS Students who were > 95th percentile for body mass index, based on sex and age-specific reference data from the 2000 CDC growth charts. Students who were > 85th percentile but < 95th percentile for body mass index, based on sex and age-specific reference data from the 2000 CDC growth charts. During the 7 days before the survey. In an average week when they were in school. On an average school day. American Academy of Pediatrics Updates Recommendations on Obesity Prevention: It’s Never Too Early to Begin Living a Healthy Lifestyle, Pediatrics, July 2015. AAP Supports Childhood Sleep Guidelines. American Academy of Pediatrics. June 2016. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. For more information contact: 405.271.6761 - yrbs.health.ok.gov MCH Assessment Division Oklahoma State Department of Health

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Page 1: Encourage our youth to make healthy choices!Access to better choices This publication was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number, NU87PS004145, funded by the Centers for Disease

Prevent ObesityEncourage our youth to make healthy choices!

recommendations6 AMONG oklahoma public high school

students in 2017:

Get Enough Sleep8 to 10 hours a night for teens (those sleeping less are more likely to be overweight or obese).7

Eat more fruits and vegetablesEat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables each day.

Less tvReduce sedentary behavior by having fewer TV sets in the home and removing TV and other media from the bedroom and kitchen.

Eat at least 3 times a daystarting with breakfast or a morning snack. Try to space meals 3-5 hours apart.

Less sugarHave less sugar-sweetened drinks, high-calorie snacks, and sweets.

Be ActiveHave fun with family centered activities, like going to a park or walking/bicycle trails, bowling, walking the dog, etc. Aim for 60 minutes a day.

AT SCHOOL:Offer healthy fruit snacks in vending machines (dried fruits, fruit and nut bars, etc.).

AT HOME:Keep healthy foods and drinks readily available and in plain sight.

17% were obese 1

17% were overweight 2

29% Got at least 60 minutes of physical activity everyday3

27% Took part in physical education(PE) classes on all 5 days4

23% Watched television 3 or more hours a day5

Used computers 3 or more hours a day543%

12% Ate fruit or drank 100% fruit juice three or more times per day3

9% Ate vegetables three or more times per day3

Access to better choices

This publication was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number, NU87PS004145, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health. This publication was issued by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), an equal opportunity employer and provider. A digital file has been deposited with the Publications Clearinghouse of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. Copies have not been printed but are available for download at www.health.ok.gov. | February 2018 | Graphic Design: Brenda Mangum | 18018MCHS

Students who were > 95th percentile for body mass index, based on sex and age-specific reference data from the 2000 CDC growth charts. Students who were > 85th percentile but < 95th percentile for body mass index, based on sex and age-specific reference data from the 2000 CDC growth charts. During the 7 days before the survey.In an average week when they were in school.On an average school day.American Academy of Pediatrics Updates Recommendations on Obesity Prevention: It’s Never Too Early to Begin Living a Healthy Lifestyle, Pediatrics, July 2015. AAP Supports Childhood Sleep Guidelines. American Academy of Pediatrics. June 2016.

3.4.5.6.

For more information contact:

405.271.6761 - yrbs.health.ok.gov

MCH Assessment Division

Oklahoma StateDepartment of Health

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