IOM Webinar: Advancing Physical Education in US Schools

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Thursday, September 26th, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Food and Nutrition Board and the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN)will host a webinar on September 26, 2013.

Information: “In May 2013, the IOM released the report Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity and Physical Education to School, which offered recommendations, strategies, and action steps that individually have potential to increase children’s opportunities to engage in health-promoting physical activity. The report made recommendations regarding approaches for strengthening and improving programs and policies for physical activity and physical education in the school environment, including before, during, and after school. This webinar will provide teachers, educators, parents, school administrators and school-based organizations with information on the findings and recommendations of the IOM report. The webinar also will highlight Let’s Move! Active Schools and the Presidential Youth Fitness Program – two model programs that promote physical activity and quality physical education in schools.

The webinar will feature presentations from:

• Harold (Bill) Kohl, III, Ph.D., IOM Committee chair; Professor of Epidemiology and Kinesiology, University of Texas at Austin

• Charles (Chuck) Hillman, Ph.D., IOM Committee member; Professor; Departments of Kinesiology and Community Health, Psychology, and Internal Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Jayne Greenberg, Ph.D., IOM Committee member & PCFSN Council member; District Director, Physical Education and Health Literacy, Miami-Dade County Public Schools

• Shannon Michael, Ph.D., M.P.H., Health Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Population Health

Participants in the webinar will:

• Examine the IOM report recommendations in depth, provide clarification, and identify ways the recommendations may be implemented;

• Explore the link between cognitive (mental) functioning and physical activity;

• Highlight evidence-based physical activity and physical education programs that support the report’s findings;

• Discuss evaluation and professional development of school-based physical activity programs.

Registration is required to attend the webinar via Webex and space is limited. Please contact Sarah Ziegenhorn at the Institute of Medicine, (202)-334-3913, [email protected], with questions.”