ACSM Health & Fitness Summit

ACSM Health & Fitness Summit

March 13 , 2013, 2 :15- 3 :15pm PST

Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Midcourse Report:

Strategies to get youth moving: What works?

Shellie Y. Pfohl, MS

Executive Director, President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition (PCFSN)

E-mail: [email protected]

I. Introduction of Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (PAG) Midcourse

Report

a. Public health significance of increasing physical activity in youth

b. Speak to the Report’s connection to PCFSN and the Office of Disease Prevention and

Health Promotion (ODPHP)

c. Acknowledge work of the PAG Midcourse Report Subcommittee

d. Key points from the report

i. Indentifies interventions that can help increase physical activity in youth

throughout the U.S.

1. Builds on the 2008 PAG, but does not modify existing recommendations
   ii. 5 main settings


2. School, preschool and childcare, community, family and home, and primary
   care
   iii. Most important findings from report


3. School setting and opportunity for leadership to advance implementation


4. Preschool and childcare


5. Built environment

II. School setting
a. Briefly introduce setting and sub-settings
b. Key findings and specific strategies
i. Multi-component school-based interventions
ii. Physical education
c. Implementation and next steps
i. First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative and desire to impact the school setting
a. Let’s Move! Active Schools create active environments
throughout the schoolday
i. Includes physical education, before, during and after
school opportunities, staff involvement, family &
community engagement.
ii. Partners involved
iii. Simple 6 step process that provides recommended action items to increase
physical activity opportunities
a. Build Support
b. Assess Your School
c. Develop a Plan
d. Explore Resources
e. Take Action