Health and Nutrition at Worthing High School Gabrielle Bernard, Kanneiceya Godine, Ashley Irby & Robert Owens 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program How did we get here? At the beginning, we learned about matrices and vectors, linear programming, matlab and health and nutrition. We spent the last three months conducting surveys & developing a linear program to determine nutritious value of food choices. 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

How did we get here? (cont.) The project required a lot of background reading on health and nutrition. 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

Relevance of Nutrition Obesity is the #2 leading cause of death in the USA Interesting Stat about AA Diabetes Type II is the fastest growing disease among youth Food options at school are a factor in youth nutrition problems (lookup) 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program Topics Covered Research Methodology Mathematics Linear Programming Matrix and Vector Arithmetic Statistical Methods Nutrition Healthy diets BMI Macronutrients Worthing Health Attitudes 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program Background What is Health? Health refers to the absence of illness, the ability to cope with everyday activities, physical fitness, and high quality of life. What is Nutrition? Nutrition is a science which studies the relationship between diet and states of health and disease. http://www.who.int/school_youth_health/gshi/hps/en/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrition 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

Health and Nutrition Impacts NUTRITION FOR HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT Better nutrition means stronger immune systems, less illness and better health. Healthy children learn better. Healthy people are stronger, are more productive and more able to create opportunities. Better nutrition is a prime entry point to ending poverty and a milestone to achieving better quality of life. http://www.who.int/nutrition/en/ 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program BMI - Body mass index A measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height. It is used as a simple means of classifying sedentary individuals according to their body fat content. Being overweight means that you have a body mass index that is above the 95th percentile for your age. A body mass index: over 30 is considered obese. between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight. between 18.5 and 24.9 is considered a healthy BMI. under 18.5 is consider underweight. Risk of Inaccuracy http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/bmicalculator.html 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

What is a health promoting school? Constantly strengthens its capacity as a healthy setting for living, learning and working. Engages health and education officials, teachers, teachers' unions, students, parents, health providers and community leaders in efforts to make the school a healthy place. Strives to provide a healthy environment, school health education, and school health services along with school/community projects and outreach, health promotion programs for everyone. Influences health-related behaviors: knowledge, beliefs, skills, attitudes, values, support. http://www.who.int/school_youth_health/gshi/hps/en/ 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program Problem How informed are students on healthy eating? How nutritious is the food served at WHS? How healthy is the student body? What can you eat at WHS and still have a balanced and nutritious meal? 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program Methods We used a survey to determine how informed students are about health and nutrition and their BMI. Aramark provided the nutritional information about their foods. We used linprog in matlab to determine optimal healthy and nutritious food choices. 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program Methods (cont.) Extensive background reading was done to determine what research has been done before in this field. 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program Results People feel food appearance is important People feel food at WHS needs to be Healthier Results Insert Nithin’s Graph 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program Results (cont.) Most people at WHS do not know at least one characteristic of healthy foods Emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products; Includes lean meats, poultry, fish, beans, eggs, and nuts; and Is low in saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, salt (sodium), and added sugars. from www.mypyramid.gov 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program Results (cont.) Many students eat pizza, candy bars and chips for lunch 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

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WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program Discussion Improvements in food taste may possibly lead to healthier eating habits by students at WHS. In the survey, the level of honesty in the answers was unknown Lack of people being surveyed may have skewed the results Nutritional information for foods at lunch is dependent upon information provided by Aramark 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program Discussion (cont.) Improvements in food taste may possibly lead to healthier eating habits by students at WHS. The linear program shows that when eating snacks, very few additional choices are available that will meet the nutrition requirements. 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program Conclusion 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program Acknowledgements Our parents Ms. Howard Ms. Webber Mr. Runnels Dr. Cox Rice Mentors Our Principal, Mr. Robert M. Dean 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program

WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program Bibliography http://www.who.int/school_youth_health/gshi/hps/en/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrition http://www.who.int/nutrition/en/ http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/bmicalculator.html http://www.mypyramid.gov 12/29/2018 WRAP - Worthing Rice Apprentice Program