The choices you and your children make are essential to good health. To lead a healthy active life, families can strive to reach these 5-2-1-0 goals:
- 5 fruits and vegetables a day
- 2 hours or less of screen time per day (TV, computer, video games)
- 1 hour of physical activity a day
- 0 limit sugar-sweetened drinks
To help children live healthy active lives, parents can:
- Be role models - make healthy eating and daily physical activity part of YOUR everyday life
- Create a home where healthy choices are available and encouraged
- Find ways to make it FUN (play tag, go for a nature walk, make an obstacle course, cook healthy food together, skip instead of walking) www.healthychildren.org