Fuel Up to Play 60 Helps Your School Meet Its Goals

• Fuel Up to Play 60 Supports Your School Wellness Policy
• Fuel Up to Play 60 Helps You Meet National Standards
• Fuel Up to Play 60 Aligns with White House Goals
• Fuel Up to Play 60 Complements National Initiatives

Fuel Up to Play 60 Supports Your School Wellness Policy

All schools participating in the National School Lunch Program are required by law to create local wellness policies, designed to promote children's health and well-being within the school setting. Fuel Up to Play 60 provides a fun and exciting way to develop and implement key elements of your school's wellness policy.

To learn more about developing and implementing a school wellness policy, see the U.S. Department of Agriculture's information about local wellness policies, Action for Healthy Kids' Wellness Policy Tool and Tracker and the National Dairy Council's report "Nutrition Explorations resources on wellness policies."

Fuel Up to Play 60 Helps You Meet National Standards

Fuel Up to Play 60 supports nationally recommended standards for health and physical education/physical activity.

• National Health Education Standards: Fuel Up to Play 60 supports the National Health Education Standards by helping students understand concepts related to health promotion, set goals and make decisions to enhance health, practice health-enhancing behaviors and encourage personal, family and community health.
• National Standards for Physical Education: Like the National Standards for Physical Education, Fuel Up to Play 60 emphasizes regular, health-enhancing, enjoyable physical activity for K-12 children both in and out of the physical education classroom.
• Guidelines for Physical Activity for Children 5-12: Fuel Up to Play 60 supports the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) guidelines, including the crucial target goal of at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day.

Fuel Up to Play 60 Aligns with White House Goals

The White House is fully behind efforts to end the childhood obesity crisis – a cause Fuel Up to Play 60 champions.

• Let's Move! is a four-pillared campaign (Healthy Choices, Healthier Schools, Physical Activity, Access to Affordable Healthy Food) launched by First Lady Michelle Obama to solve the childhood obesity epidemic within a generation. As a public-private partnership, Fuel Up to Play 60 shares the ambitious yet attainable goals outlined in the Let's Move! platform.
• The White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity – part of the Let's Move! campaign – outlines 70 recommendations, many of which Fuel Up to Play 60 can help you achieve in your school. All stakeholders, says the Task Force, should develop innovative ways to encourage students to make healthier choices – and that's exactly what Fuel Up to Play 60 does!

Fuel Up to Play 60 Complements National Initiatives

Key programs and campaigns offer a similar vision for a healthier next generation. Fuel Up to Play 60 is compatible with a number of national health initiatives.

• The U.S. National Physical Activity Plan aims to increase the physical activity of all Americans, including K-12 students. Like the Plan, Fuel Up to Play 60 encourages partnerships that link youth with physical activity opportunities in schools and communities and that provide opportunities for physical activity before and after school. Together, we can help youth achieve the expert-recommended 60 minutes or more of physical activity each day.
• The USDA's HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC) recognizes schools that are creating healthier school environments through their promotion of good nutrition and physical activity. HUSSC offers a similar point of view as Fuel Up to Play 60 and is working collaboratively to meet our shared goals. Fuel Up to Play 60 can help your school achieve HUSSC recognition.
• The CDC's Coordinated School Health Program features eight healthy school components. From improving nutrition services to involving families and community members, Fuel Up to Play 60 supports the goals of the Coordinated School Health Program.

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