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Bruce Kidd – Student Health Powerpoint
1. How can schools nurture healthy,
well-educated students?
By Bruce Kidd
Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education
University of Toronto
2. 1. Massive evidence for physical activity (PA) and
health eating as contributors to healthy growth and
development and effective learning
2. To enhance PA through public education, we
must strengthen three effective but neglected
avenues:
◦ HPE curriculum
◦ After-school sports
◦ Active school transport
4. 3 risk factors cause four chronic diseases (cardiovascular
disease, type 2 diabetes, many cancers and chronic lung
disease) that cause over 50% of deaths worldwide.
The risk factors are:
Tobacco use
Lack of physical activity
Unhealthy diet (including harmful
use of alcohol)
5. Only 7% of Canadian
children receive
recommended 60
minutes daily
Upper-class children
3X more likely to
participate than those
from lower class
households
6. Primary and secondary prevention of non-communicable
diseases (NCDs), especially cardio-respiratory diseases,
diabetes, some cancers, and obesity.
Strengthened immune surveillance, reduced risk of
infection.
Strengthened bone health, reduced risk of osteoporosis.
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7. Strengthened social inclusion.
Strengthened community safety, reduced youth crime.
Fewer sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted
pregnancies, sexual assaults.
Increased school retention, academic achievement, and
school safety.
Strengthened citizenship (moral behaviour, empathy,
reasoning and leadership).
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8. 1. Release and implement
the 2010 Ontario
curriculum, with much
improved sections on
◦ Sexual health
◦ Healthy eating
◦ Drug and alcohol
awareness
◦ Mental health challenges
9. While keeping coaching
voluntary, boards and schools
recognize the time
commitment as part of
workload
Teachers unions respect
members’ decisions to coach,
and recognize ‘the negative
impact on students when they
consider using withdrawal of
services from co-instructional
activities as a bargaining
tactic.’
10. Promote school travel Figure 1
planning, through
education,
enforcement,
improved
infrastructure, etc.