school aged children the importance of the school setting hearty lives mend shine food for life
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School Aged Children
• The importance of the school setting• Hearty Lives • MEND• SHINE• Food for Life
Hearty Lives Cornwall
at the Healthy Weight ConferenceEden 17th October 2012
Kate Pordage / Aimee Pascoe Cornwall Healthy Schools Team
British Heart Foundation is a registered charity in
England and Wales (225971)
and in Scotland (SC039426)
Why Schools?
• ‘The considerable amount of time children and young people spend in school means that schools have the potential for fulfilling an important role in promoting the health and well-being of children and young people and laying the foundations for healthier outcomes in adulthood…’
‘Fair Society, Healthy Lives’
(The Marmot Review)
Why Schools?
• Childhood obesity is an issue for attainment and achievement
• School seen as an effective setting e.g. in ‘Marmot’ and the public health strategy
• School at the centre of wider community• Evidence base emerging that work with
parents and children works
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Prevalence of obesity by deprivation decile Children in Reception and Year 6 (National Child Measurement Programme 2009/10)
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Risk Factors for Obesity
• Primary risk factors for obesity in later childhood are:
1. Watching more than 8 hours TV a week
2. Sleeping fewer than 10.5 hours each night
3. Above average birth weight
4. Both parents obese
• One study suggests that a child who watches more than 5• hours of TV a day is 4.6 times more likely to be obese than one• who watches less than an hour a day.
• This link is partially due to sedentary time, but also partly to • eating in front of the TV, and also advertising seen by the children.
Recognition of obesity
• Many of us recognise that childhood obesity is an issue – 93% of parents agree – however only 5% of parents believe their child is overweight or obese.
• Parents tend to over estimate the amount of activity their children do and under estimate the amount of food they eat.
• More and more parents lack the knowledge, skills and confidence to cook from scratch.
• Some parents (particularly mothers) admit to lacking the confidence to take part in activity with their children
Hearty Lives Cornwall Levels of School Support /
EngagementLevel 1
• A series of in-school activities and opportunities* • Awareness raising / training for teachers / parents and carers• Identify a ‘School Champion’
Level 2
• Host a full Families in it Together (FIT) course for parents / children • Develop role of the School Champion (who can access accredited
training)
Level 3
• Sustainability – continue to deliver level 1 and 2 over 3 years. • Sustainability supported by School Champion who can offer training
and guide in-school activities.
*See diagram 2 below