The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center - Let's Go!

Letâ€™s Go! works to decrease childhood obesity by increasing healthy eating and active living. The program focuses on sustainable environmental and policy changes in child care programs, schools, out-of-school programs, health care practices, workplaces and communities, while educating families on the following daily recommendations: five or more fruits and vegetables, two hours or less of recreational screen time, one hour or more of physical activity, zero sugary drinks, and more water. Successful statewide implementation is supported by partners such as MaineHealth.

What is it?

Let’s Go! works to decrease childhood obesity by increasing healthy eating and active living. The program focuses on sustainable environmental and policy changes in child care programs, schools, out-of-school programs, health care practices, workplaces and communities, while educating families on the following daily recommendations: five or more fruits and vegetables, two hours or less of recreational screen time, one hour or more of physical activity, zero sugary drinks, and more water. Successful statewide implementation is supported by partners such as MaineHealth.

Who is it for?

Children of Maine.

Why do they do it?

A 2011 study recorded obesity rates of 23 percent among kindergarteners and 24 percent among fifth-graders in Maine.

Impact

Surveys show that awareness levels and healthy behaviors improved. Children consuming five or more fruits and vegetables a day increased from 28 percent in 2009 to 33 percent in 2013 and parent awareness of “5-2-1-0” more than doubled from 26 percent in 2010 to 53 percent in 2014.

Contact: Caitlin Loveitt
Marketing Manager
Telephone: 207-662-3825
Email: cloveitt@mmc.org

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