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Appendix B: Healthy People 2020 Objectives for Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents


Nutrition and Weight Status (NWS) Objectives

NWS 2: Increase the proportion of schools that offer nutritious foods and beverages outside of school meals.
  NWS 2.1: Increase the proportion of schools that do not sell or offer calorically sweetened beverages to students.
  NWS 2.2: Increase the proportion of school districts that require schools to make fruits or vegetables available whenever other food is offered or sold.
NWS 10: Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents who are considered obese.
NWS 11: (Developmental) Prevent inappropriate weight gain in youths and adults.
NWS 14: Increase the contribution of fruits to the diets of the population aged ≥2 years.
NWS 15: Increase the variety and contribution of vegetables to the diets of the population aged ≥2 years.
  NWS 15.2: Increase the contribution of dark green vegetables, orange vegetables, and legumes to the diets of the population aged ≥2 years.
NWS 16: Increase the contribution of whole grains to the diets of the population aged ≥2 years.
NWS 17: Reduce consumption of calories from solid fats and added sugars in the population ≥2 years.
NWS 18: Reduce consumption of saturated fat in the population aged ≥2 years.
NWS 19: Reduce consumption of sodium in the population aged ≥2 years.
NWS 20: Increase consumption of calcium in the population aged ≥2 years.
NWS 21: Reduce iron deficiency among young children and females of childbearing age.

Physical Activity (PA) Objectives

PA 3: Increase the proportion of adolescents who meet current federal physical activity guidelines for aerobic physical activity and for muscle-strengthening activity.
PA 4: Increase the proportion of the nation's public and private schools that require daily physical education for all students.
PA 5: Increase the proportion of adolescents who participated in daily school physical education.
PA 6: Increase regularly scheduled elementary school recess in the United States.
  PA 6.1: Increase the number of states that require regularly scheduled elementary school recess.
  PA 6.2: Increase the proportion of school districts that require regularly scheduled elementary school recess.
PA 7: Increase the proportion of school districts that require or recommend elementary school recess for an appropriate period of time.
PA 8: Increase the proportion of children and adolescents who do not exceed recommended limits for screen time.
  PA 8.2: Increase the proportion of children and adolescents aged 2 years through 12th grade who view television, videos, or play video games for no more than 2 hours a day.
PA 10: Increase the proportion of the nation's public and private schools that provide access to their physical activity spaces and facilities for all persons outside of normal school hours (e.g., before and after the school day, on weekends, and during summer and other vacations).
PA 13: Increase the proportion of trips made by walking.
  PA 13.2: Children and adolescents aged 5--15 years, trips to school of ≤1 mile.
PA 14: Increase the proportion of trips made by bicycling.
  PA 14.2: Children and adolescents aged 5--15 years, trips to school of ≤2 miles.

Early and Middle Childhood (EMC) Objectives

EMC 4: Increase the proportion of elementary, middle, and senior high schools that require school health education.
  EMC 4.1: Increase the proportion of schools that require newly hired staff who teach required health education to have undergraduate or graduate training in health education.
  EMC 4.2: Increase the proportion of schools that require newly hired staff who teach required health instruction to be certified, licensed, or endorsed by the state in health education.
  EMC 4.4: Increase the proportion of required health education classes or courses with a teacher who has had professional development related to teaching personal and social skills for behavior change within the past 2 years.

Educational and Community-Based Programs (ECBP) Objectives

ECBP 2: Increase the proportion of elementary, middle, and senior high schools that provide comprehensive school health education to prevent health problems in:
  ECBP 2.8: Unhealthy dietary patterns.
  ECBP 2.9: Inadequate physical activity.
ECBP 3: Increase the proportion of elementary, middle, and senior high schools that have health education goals or objectives that address the knowledge and skills articulated in the National Health Education Standards (high school, middle, and elementary).
ECBP 4: Increase the proportion of elementary, middle, and senior high schools that provide school health education to promote personal health and wellness in the following areas:
  ECBP 4.3: Growth and development.
ECBP 5: Increase the proportion of the nation's elementary, middle, and senior high schools that have a full-time registered school nurse-student ratio of at least 1:750.
ECBP 8: (Developmental) Increase the proportion of worksites that offer an employee health promotion program to their employees.


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