Healthy Living! Fight Obesity!
Healthy Living Guidelines
- Follow the 5,2,1,0 plan! On the road to healthy living!
- Limit "sugar drinks" to a maximum of 8 ounces per day (including pop, iced tea, lemonade, juice, gatorade, sports drinks, etc)
- Decrease milk fat to "skim"
- One "treat/dessert" item per day
- Five fruits or vegetables per day
- Use whole grain breads and high fiber cereals
- Get your body moving - aim for 1 hour of vigorous physical exercise per day. It does not have to all be at the same time.
- Limit screen time (TV, video games, computer) to 2 hours or less per day
- Regularly eat family meals together
- Limit fast food, take-out and eating out
- Eat breakfast daily
Resources:
- Refer to the the AAP's Prevention of Obesity and Overweight website for more tools and information.
- Helping your child make healthy food choices (age 8-11 years)
- Helping your child make healthy food choices (age 11-21 years)