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!