1. Kids Walk-to-School By Tom Lillis 5 th Grade Health

3. Kids Walk-to-School Developed by CDC (Center for Disease Control) Developed to increase physical activity levels

5. Kids Walk-to-School Encourage kids to walk or bicycle to school Increase awareness of importance of regular physical activity for children

6. Create healthy and walkable communities Kids Walk-to-School

7. Mobilize communities to work together to create safer routes to school Kids Walk-to-School

8. Why is walking and bicycling to school important? How can we try to start this campaign for our school?

9. Importance of Physical Activity for Children

10. Physical activity helps build and maintain healthy: Bones Muscles Joints Kids Walk-to-School

11. Physical Activity helps: 1.Control Weight 2.Build lean muscle 3.Reduce Body Fat Kids Walk-to-School

12. Reduces feelings of Depression & Anxiety Related to higher levels of self esteem Fosters healthy social and emotional development

13. Preliminary Data shows that physical activity may improve: Academic Performance Alertness in class

14. Kids Walk-to-School Do you feel any better when you are consistently physically active? How so??

15. Current Status of Physical Activity of U.S. Youth

16. Almost 50% of young people in U.S. are not vigorously active on a regular basis

17. Kids Walk-to-School Percent of overweight kids ages 6 to 11 has risen over 100% in last 30 yrs

18. Overweight children are more likely to become obese adults Obese adults at are risk for heart disease, and cancer Kids Walk-to-School

20. Young people ages 2-18 spend an average of 4 hours a day watching TV 4 HOURS!!

21. Kids Walk-to-School How many hours of TV do you watch a week? What are some strategies to reduce your amount of TV watching?

22. Healthy People 2010 Objectives

23. Increase percentage of trips to school of 1 mile or less made by walking from 31% to 50% Kids Walk-to-School

24. Increase percentage of trips to school 2 miles or less made by bicycle from 2.4% to 5.0%

25. Ideas to Organize a Walk-to-School Program in Your Neighborhood

26. Kids Walk-to-School Talk to your parents about idea Encourage parents to talk to neighbors and school officials

27. Encourage your parents to talk to police and local politicians

29. Kids Walk-to-School http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dn pa/kidswalk/index.htmhttp://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dn pa/kidswalk/index.htm (CDC Kids Walk-to-School Site) http://www.walktoschool- usa.org/http://www.walktoschool- usa.org/ (Walk and Bike to School Site)

30. Credits Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.) Kids Walk-to- School: Home. Retrieved 2/8/2005, from CDC Web site http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/index.htm. http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/kidswalk/index.htm Clip Art Photos from: CDC’s Kids Walk-to-School site (Slides: 1,3,7,10,14,26) Google Images (Slides 5,6) Microsoft Clip Art (Slides 8,11,12,16,17,18,20,21,23,24,27,29)