Why should schools get involved with Fuel Up to Play 60?
• Wellness is an important issue in schools across the country. A growing body of evidence indicates that poor nutrition, physical inactivity and obesity are directly associated with lower levels of school achievement. 1, 2 Fuel Up to Play 60 helps support schools’ academic achievement goals. Helping to affect positive change in the healthy eating and physical activity environment in schools is a step in the right direction to having more focused, engaged, and higher-achieving students. • Fuel Up to Play 60 responds to real-world needs in today’s schools with wellness tools that complement—not compete with—the academics-focused environment. The program supports national health, nutrition and physical education/physical activity guidelines, and standards, and it helps schools meet their wellness goals, supporting a Coordinated School Health approach. If a school already has existing wellness programs or efforts, Fuel Up to Play 60 can complement and enhance them with additional resource
