Governor Schwarzenegger
“When you think about today the huge percentage of people that are ringing up huge health care costs—huge health care costs—because they are sick because of the lifestyle, because they don’t lead a healthy lifestyle. And this is what we are working on right now, and it is very important for me to mention—even though I don’t want to bring policy and all of this stuff that maybe bores you into the school—but we are working very actively right now to reform our health care system, because our health care system is a broken system. We have 6.5 million people in this state that are uninsured, and the costs are too high. So we want to bring the costs down and we want to insure everyone. And let me tell you something; the people of California love the idea that we want to redo and fix a broken health care system.” The problem is that people are not LIVING in a way that would reduce their health problems!!! (Carolyn Moos – FITT4Life www.fitt4life.org) http://gov.ca.gov/speech/5260

KEY STATS:
1 out of 3 Children are obese. It is the first generation that is expected to NOT outlive the previous Lifestyle related diseases take proactive approach that incorporates PREVENTATIVE HEALTH!

The 2007 Los Angeles Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicates that among high school students:

Obesity
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16% were obese. (1) Unhealthy Dietary Behaviors
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73% ate fruits and vegetables less than five times per day during the 7 days before the survey.
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28% drank a can, bottle, or glass of soda or pop (not including diet soda or diet pop) at least one time per day during the 7 days before the survey.
Physical Inactivity
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58% did not meet recommended levels of physical activity. (2)
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37% did not attend physical education classes. (3)
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50% did not attend physical education classes daily. (4)
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44% watched television 3 or more hours per day on an average school day.
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30% played video or computer games or used a computer for something that was not school work for 3 or more hours per day on an average school day.
The 2006 Los Angeles School Health Profiles indicates that among middle schools and high schools:

Health Education
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25% required students to take two or more health education courses.
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79% taught 14 nutrition and dietary behavior topics in a required health education course.
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51% taught 13 physical activity topics in a required health education course.
From CDC Department of Health and Human Services. Center for Disease control and Prevention.