Coordinated School Health/CATCH

Coordinated School Health is a process that brings a school community together
to teach children to be healthy for a lifetime. Effective coordinated school programs
reinforce positive healthy behaviors throughout the day and make clear that good
health and learning go hand in hand.

What is CATCH?
CATCH stands for "Coordinated Approach to Child Health." It is a resource for bringing schools, families, and communities together to work toward creating a healthy school environment.

It is a coordinated school health program designed to prevent sedentary behavior, poor dietary choices and tobacco use through behavior changes at the elementary school level. CATCH and Coordinated School Health seek to determine if multi-component health promotion efforts can reduce chronic disease indicators. These efforts center on child behavior and the school environment, including classroom curricula, food service, physical education, and family involvement.

In previous research projects, CATCH demonstrated that behaviors such as eating foods high in fat can be reduced, and it increased moderate-to vigorous physical activity during P.E. classes. CATCH was the largest school-based health promotion study ever done in the United States. A recent CATCH replication study in El Paso, Texas demonstrated the program slowed the epidemic of overweight children.

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