Fuel Up to Play 60 is an in-school health and wellness program, created by the National Dairy Council and National Football League in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Fuel Up to Play 60 empowers students, with the support of adults, to take the lead in making healthy changes and to have a positive impact in their communities. Schools can utilize the online Playbook to implement free strategies to improve healthy eating and physical activity. Once registered, schools track their progress on the online dashboard. 

Fuel Up to Play 60 is the nation’s largest in-school health and wellness program, created by the National Dairy Council and National Football League in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Fuel Up to Play 60 empowers students, with the support of adults, to take the lead in making healthy changes and to have a positive impact in their communities.

This free program offers funding opportunities for schools and an online Playbook full of school-tested action strategies to improve healthy eating and physical activity at schools and beyond. Fuel Up to Play 60 empowers youth to take action to improve nutrition and physical activity at their school and for their own health, generating transformational changes in schools and communities.

Fuel Up to Play 60 helps build healthier schools and healthy, high-achieving youth. Research shows that Fuel Up to Play 60 leads to small but significant improvements in students’ healthy eating and physical activity behaviors in various school settings and with diverse student populations. It also leads to improved aerobic capacity and Body Mass Index (BMI). Find out more at https://www.fueluptoplay60.com/-/media/files/tools-pdfs/2018-pdfs/futp60-infographic-may-2018_final.ashx. 

Resources for support related to Fuel up to Play 60 can be found directly through the Fuel Up to Play 60 website as well as through the United Dairy Industry of Michigan. Visit the Fuel Up to Play 60 homepage at https://www.fueluptoplay60.com/ or find resources from the United Dairy Industry of Michigan at https://www.milkmeansmore.org/schools-educators/fuel-play-60/. 

You can also find Fuel Up to Play 60 Success Stories shared by Michigan schools and school districts at http://schoolsuccess.mihealthtools.org/ or shared by schools and districts throughout the United States at https://www.fueluptoplay60.com/stories/success-stories. 

The guide was developed through two of our Community Health Improvement Plan workgroups. In coordination with local hospitals, community stakeholders, and partner organizations, more than 30 diverse Macomb County community organizations identified four priority areas and subsequent workgroups for a Community Health Improvement Plan based on the results of the assessment. 

The Macomb County Health Department wants to support your school in helping students stay healthy through eating healthy foods and being physically active. Simple strategies to keep students healthy can help your school meet education goals. Improved student health results in decreased rates of absenteeism, fewer behavioral problems, and increased school-wide test scores and grades. We've developed a guide to help your school health improvement implement programs, like Fuel Up to Play 60. This guide will be shared with schools in Macomb County.