Transcript File - Sharon Vigil

Commit to Healthy Eating
& Physical Activity
Texas Recreation & Park Society Institute and Expo
March 2, 2016
Galveston, TX
NRPA
Mission – To advance parks,
recreation and environmental
conservation efforts that
enhance the quality of life for
all people
CONSERVATION
HEALTH & WELLNESS
SOCIAL EQUITY
Why?
• Childhood Obesity
• Chronic Disease &
Risk Factors
• Health Disparities
• Sugar!
• Out-of-School
Time
• Screens……
• Built Environment
& Access
Effects of Childhood Obesity
 Diabetes on the Rise: Experts
project that one in three children
born in 2000 will develop type 2
diabetes.
 Economic Impact: Obesity costs the
US as much as $147 billion per year
in direct costs and lost productivity.
 Weakened Defense: Department of
Defense data shows 27 percent of
all young Americans 17 to 24 years
of age are unable to join the
military.
Parks & Rec= A Solution!
Commit to Health is a
campaign that supports the
implementation and
evaluation of the Healthy
Eating, Physical Activity
Standards in park and
recreation sites across the
country.
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Commit to Health
Texas Agencies:
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FUNDS
AVAILABLE TO
SUPPORT
COMMIT TO
HEALTH
City of Austin
City of Conroe
City of Dallas
City of Fort Worth
City of Houston
City of Lubbock
• $25,000-$35,000 to increase meals
served through SFSP, CACFP, and
implement HEPA standards in park and
recreation sites
www.nrpa.org/Grant-Fundraising-Resources
City of Austin Parks
Food Access
Health
Enrichment
Accessibility
Results
FOOD ACCESS
• 2015 Meals
– 147,049 meals served
• Total Youth
–17,679
• Families
–Fresh Food for
Families
–Weekend Back Pack
Program
• Facilities
–Community gardens
Health
• Standardization of Program
– 4 core components
–Active Play
–5 E-Lesson Model
• Organwise Guys
–16 sites
–1,488 youth
• Keep Austin Playing Event
–11,079 visits
• Recreation Referral Program
–Exercise wellness series
–Walk With A Doc
ENRICHMENT
• Community Partners
–Cooking up Cultures
–Green Corn Project
–It’s Time Texas
• Healthy Vending Policy
–50% Healthy Items
• Food and Nutrition
Policy Youth Programs
– USDA National School
Lunch Program “Smart
Snacks in Schools
Standards”
• Health Promotions Unit
– Health Case Management
ACCESSIBILITY
• Program
Standards
• Lending Library
– Catalog of Programs
& commodities
– Free for program
staff
• LL Sections
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Health & Fitness
Arts & Culture
Nature
STEM
Activity Kits
• LL Program
Selection
– Video
RESULTS
• Lending Library
– Over 676 classes offered
– Over 200 commodities
– Over 2,780 hours
• Keep Austin Playing
– ~2,400 attended
– 100% of the parents who completed
survey’s answered yes they learned
something new about physical activity/
fitness at this event
– Of these who said they would do
something different at home, 32% said
they planned to exercise more, eat healthier and
make more of an effort to get outdoors and
active.
– Several others specifically mentioned
taking up tennis or doing riding bikes
with their kids more, and building
obstacle courses at home.
• Walk With A Doc
– 12 Attended
– 6 registered for classes
• OrganWise
– “My mom you are giving
us too much food; our
portions need to be
smaller like on the
Myplate”
– “My sons keep talking about
making healthy choices”
– “Are you teaching human
organs?”