The "Story Behind the Curve" helps us understand the causes and forces at that work that explain the data behind students who plan to increase their physical activity and the resources the agency plans to commit to address the health issue.

What's Helping Communities Served/Customer Change? These are the positive forces at work that influence customer change.

• Education on ways to get physical activity.
• How healthy eating works together with physical activity. 

 What's Hurting Communities Served/Customer Change? These are the negative forces at work that influence customer change.

• Enviormental factors that allow for a child to get physical activity.
• Transportation to physical activities or areas where the child can be active. 

2022 Progress Update:

• The program is set to begin in 2023. There is no data for students who plan to decrease sugar intake and increase physical activity at this time. 

The following actions have been identified by our agency as ideas for what can work for this performance measure to make a difference on obesity.

Actions and Approaches Identified by Our AgencyThese are actions and approaches that we think can make a difference for this performance measure.

• Advertising physical activity events in the community in the offices and on social media. 

No-cost and Low-cost Ideas Identified by Our Agency These are no-cost and low-cost actions and approaches that we think can make a difference for this performance measure.

• Social media reminders to stay active targeting children. 

What communities served/customers think would work to do better These are actions and approaches that our communities served/customers think can make a difference for this performance measure.

• Give facts on health issues that can occur from not being active. 
• Enocuraging students to do activities in groups.

List of Questions/Research Agenda These are questions to follow-up on for this performance measure. If you still need more information about what works to do better, make these questions part of your information & research agenda.

• What helped in encouraging children to get active?