Supporting schools and inspiring families to improve children's nutrition and wellness

Today’s Moderator

Peter Cribb, MEd National CATCH Director Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living The University of Texas School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus

Today’s webinar will be recorded and available online at

www.CATCHusa.org

We are an international leader in conducting research and providing programs that promote healthy living for children, their families and communities. Our work fosters improved health behaviors among youth, influences policy and environmental change to support healthy living, and advances professional education and community service. Our vision: Healthy children in a healthy world

About our Center

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Dan Marek Special Programs Coordinator Whole Kids Foundation

Today’s speaker

Founded by

Healthy Teachers Program

•  Consuming 31% more calories and processed

foods today than 40 years ago

•  20% of kids are obese

•  Stroke has increased 35% in kids

•  This is the first generation with shorter life

expectancy than parents !

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The State of Children’s Health

!  Salad bars serve as the vegetable component of a reimbursable meal through the NSLP

!  They offer kids choice - from among fresh vegetables and fruit -- every day!

!  Partner is Food, Family, Farming and Let’s Move

!  Salad Bar Nation – challenging America to eat a salad a day! WKF Work to Date:

3.400 Salad bars granted to schools in the US

3.5m children eating 3x the fruits and veggies from their salad bars

$5.9 million raised

Salad Bars to schools

•  Every!seed!planted!sprouts!a!new!opportunity!for!kids!to!cul5vate!healthy!ea5ng!habits!

•  Teaching!kids!to!garden!helps!them!learn!about!complex!topics!like!sustainability!and!conserva5on,!food!systems!and!community!awareness!

•  Kids!develop!apprecia5on!for!food!from!seed!to!plate!

•  Partner!is!FoodCorps,!a!nonAprofit!service!organiza5on!focused!on!reducing!childhood!obesity!!WKF Work to Date

2,600 School Gardens Funded in US, Canada, UK

More than 3,000,000 children learning garden lessons

$3.5 million granted

School garden grants

Healthy Teachers Program

Heart&Disease&in&America&&The$Staggering$Facts$

•  Currently!40%&of!all!Americans!die!from!heart!or!circulatory!diseases.!•  Heart!disease!has!been!the!#1&cause!of!death!for!100!years.!•  In!the!next!24!hours,!3,000&Americans!will!die!from!heart!disease.!•  Heart!disease!is!completely!preventable!–!people!around!the!world!ea5ng!

tradi5onal!whole!foods,!plantAbased!diets!largely!don’t!have!heart!disease.!•  Doctors!Dean!Ornish,!Caldwell!Esselstyn,!John!McDougall,!Joel!Fuhrman!and!

Neal!Barnard!have!shown!that!heart&disease&can&be&prevented&and&reversed&through!ea5ng!plantAbased,!lowAfat,!whole!food!diets.!

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Sources:$The$China$Study!by!T.!Colin!Campbell,$p.$111;$respec:ve$books$and$journal$ar:cles$by$named$doctors.$

The!S.A.D.!Diet! 7%

51% 42%

Processed!Foods!

Animal!Products!

Fruits!&!Vegetables!

Source: USDA Factbook 98

It’s&<me&to&go&beyond&the&S.A.D.&diet&to&more&plantCbased&lifestyle.&

7!%!Fruit!&!Veg!

42!%!Meat!&!Dairy!51!%!Processed!Food!

Average&American&Diet&

Fruit!&!Veg! 40!%!Potatoes!

Average&American&Diet&

Fruit!&!Veg! Potatoes!

50!%!French!Fries!

Average&American&Diet&3A4!%!Fruit!&!Veg!

CALDWELL B. ESSELSTYN, JR., M.D. Renowned author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease and highly respected researcher was a surgeon and clinician at the Cleveland Clinic where he was chairman of the Breast Cancer Task Force, head of the section on thyroid and parathyroid surgery and director of The First National Conference on the Elimination of Coronary Artery Disease.

JOHN MCDOUGALL, MD Renowned author, physician and nutrition expert. Founder and medical director of the nationally recognized McDougall Residential Program in Santa Rosa, CA. Author of 11 national bestselling books, the monthly McDougall Newsletter, and co�founder of Dr. McDougall's Right Food's Inc.

JOHN ROBBINS Internationally renowned author, lecturer and leading expert on the dietary link with the environment. Founder & Board Chair Emeritus of EarthSave International & Board Chair of Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES!).

NEAL BARNARD, MD Renowned author and clinical researcher, founder and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). Dr. Barnard is also president of The Cancer Project, a nonprofit organization advancing cancer prevention and survival through nutrition education and research.

JOEL FUHRMAN, MD Dr. Fuhrman is a Board Certified Family Physician, author and nutritional researcher. His medical practice is located in Flemington, New Jersey. He serves on the board of directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and as the Medical Director of Eat Right America.

MICHAEL KLAPER, MD Dr. Klaper is a licensed physician with many years of clinical experience in emergency medicine and lifestyle medicine with a private practice in Santa Rosa, California. Dr. Klaper is the Director of the Institute of Nutrition Education and Research and has performed research on optimizing the benefits and avoiding possible deficiencies in plant-based diets.

SCOTT STOLL, MD Dr. Stoll is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is Chairman of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Coordinated Health in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and lectures at events nationally on achieving optimal health through nutritional excellence and exercise.

EAT!A!RAINBOW!

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EAT!LEAFY!GREENS!FIRST!

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EAT!AS!CLOSE!TO!NATURE!AS!POSSIBLE!

What&is&

a&whole&food?&

Micronutrients are different from macronutrients (like carbohydrates, protein and fat) because they are necessary only in very tiny amounts. Nevertheless, micronutrients are essential for good health, and micronutrient deficiencies can cause serious health problems. Micronutrients include such dietary minerals as zinc and iodine, and they are necessary for the healthy functioning of all your body's systems, from bone growth to brain function. Processed foods often lack the micronutrients that are needed to keep good body function causing micronutrient malnutrition. The processing of the foods often destroys or removes the vital micronutrients. Important nutrients such as vitamin c are only found in certain foods such as oranges and grapes. Often diets in developed countries contain high levels of fats and sugars but little micronutrients.

What are micronutrients?

Filling!up!on!food!or!calories?!

Eat Seasonal Vegetables

•  Instead of grabbing a bag of chips, cut up fresh veggies: red bell pepper, zucchini, and other crunchy vegetables

•  Don’t forget the dip! Avoid fat-filled dips

•  Eat fresh fruit (even in the classroom)

•  Snack as much as you want if it’s all plants (no calorie counting needed)

How do we start? •  Plan ahead to avoid desperation eating •  Do most of your shopping in produce •  Do the hardest work when you get home from the store

•  Batch cook one day a week to make sure you are set for success

•  Get back in the kitchen! !

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Tips&for&Healthy&Ea<ng:&&

Plan!ahead!Cook!at!home!

Avoid!processed!foods!Eat!lots!of!plants!Avoid!sugary!foods!

Pick!nutrientAdense!foods!Be!inven5ve!

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Inspiring Families

ScrapKins Better Bites Awesome Eats

Activities for Families to Share This Better Bites program helps families pack more nutrition in every bite. Each edition highlights one simple, healthy eating change that can have a positive impact on nutrition for the entire family.

Activities for Families to Share Whole Kids Foundation website now features monthly ScrapKins hands-on eco-art projects. These fun activities use recycled household items, engage the right and left sides of the brain, and help parents start conversations about good food choices, gardening, and recycling.

!Whole!Kids!Founda5on!!launched!a!game!you!can!download!

for!free!to!your!iPhone!or!iPad.!With!Awesome!Eats,!you'll!sort,!stack,!pack!and!plate!a!rainbow!of!freshAfromA

theAgarden!foods,!!Unlock!hours!of!challenging!game!play!and!get!loads!of!

healthy!ea5ng!5ps!along!the!way.!Featuring!32!challenging!levels,!a!cast!of!over!50!characters,!

healthy!ea5ng!5ps,!skill!bonuses,!obstacles!and!fun!surprises!to!keep!you!on!your!toes!!

Download today at the iTunes store!

Check out Awesome Eats!

Support and Resources for Taking Charge

WholeKidsFoundation.org •  Dan.Marek@Wholefoods.com •  FoodCorps.org (helping schools build gardens) •  SaladBars2Schools.org (providing schools w/ salad bars) •  Edibleschoolyard.org (free curriculum for kids) •  Thelunchbox.org (materials for Food Service) •  WholeFoodsMarket.com (free recipes w/ shopping lists)

Come&visit&me&at&the&store!&

•  We!offer!a!wide!!•  variety!of!support!to!con5nue!your!healthy!ea5ng!journey!

•  28ADay!Challenges!•  Recipes!galore!!•  Con5nued!educa5on!classes!that!the!whole!family!can!enjoy!

•  Sign!up!with!my!email!list!for!more!details!!

An opportunity to take that next step forward

As children we were told not to play with our food. As adults it is required. – Dan Marek

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Peter Cribb, MEd National CATCH Director Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living The University of Texas School of Public Health Peter.W.Cribb@uth.tmc.edu (512) 482-6167

Today’s webinar was recorded and will be available online at

www.CATCHusa.org