This month the Nurse’s Office will be teaching health awareness during P.E. classes grades K-6. This educational segment will be based on an inititive called 5-2-1-0 (http://www.letsgo.org/). Help your children form healthy habits now.
Healthy active children are more likely to be healthy active adults! Below is some of the information that will be shared with the students.
To lead a healthy active life, families can strive to reach these goals:
· fruits and vegetables a day
· hours or less of screen time (TV, computer, video games) per day
· hour of physical activity a day
· limit sugar-sweetened drinks.
To help children live healthy active lives, parents can:
· be role models themselves by making healthy eating and daily physical activity the norm for their family.
· create a home where healthy choices are available and encouraged
· make it fun - find ways to engage your children (playing a game of tag, cooking healthy meals together, creating a rainbow shopping list to find colorful fruits and vegetables, go on a walking scavenger hunt through the neighborhood, or grow a family garden.)
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