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Materials have been created to help parents and guardians promote healthy behaviors at home and on the go! It is hard to target individual families, so look to deliver these toolkits through venues families frequently visit. For example, teachers can send family toolkit handouts home through their students at the child care and early childhood education centers.

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2.a Guide for How Families May Support 5210 Healthy Children
2.b Tips for Families
2.c Definitions and Recommendations
2.d A Meal is a Family Affair
2.e Feeding Infants
2.f Feeding Toddlers and Preschoolers
2.g Phrases that Help and Hinder
2.h Healthy Kids’ Snacks
2.i May I Have Some Juice, Please?
2.j Most People Don’t Need Sports and Energy Drinks
2.k Screen Time and the Very Young
2.l It Takes Two To Tune In
2.m 5210 and Healthy Sleep
2.n Television Tunnel Vision
2.o Healthy Eating in a Hurry and Healthy Shopping on a Budget
2.p Turn Off to Fill Up
2.q Healthy Drinks Healthy Kids

Providing high-quality childcare for young children, child care and early childhood education centers can be the ideal venue for the promotion of healthy behaviors. Handouts in this toolkit are directed at parents and guardians along with teaching the adults caring for them how to be great role models!

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3.a How Child Care and Early Childhood Education May Support 5210 Healthy Children
3.b Tips for Child Care and Early Childhood Education Centers
3.c Definitions and Recommendations
3.d Partner With and Educate Families
3.e Phrases That Help and Hinder
3.f Feeding Infants
3.g Feeding Toddlers and Preschoolers
3.h Screen Time and the Very Young
3.i Quick Physical Activity Breaks
3.j Healthy Dates to Celebrate
3.k 5210 and Healthy Sleep
3.l Television Tunnel Vision
3.m Healthy Eating in a Hurry and Healthy Shopping on a Budget
3.n Healthy Drinks Healthy Kids

The handouts in this toolkit target several groups including teachers, administrators, and families. Elementary schools are a great place to build a foundation of healthy children!

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4.a Guide for How Elementary Schools May Support 5210 Healthy Children
4.b Tips for Elementary Schools
4.c Definitions and Recommendations
4.d Partner With and Educate Families
4.e 5210 School Presentation Guide
4.f 5210 Song
4.g I’ve Been Caught Eating Healthy and I’ve Been Caught Being Active Stickers
4.h Provide Healthy Choices
4.i Class Snack Programs
4.j Provide Non-Food Rewards
4.k Healthy Fundraising
4.l The Role of School Nutrition Programs
4.m Out of School Activity Bags
4.n Quick Physical Activity Breaks
4.o Physical Activity Clubs
4.p 5210 Challenge Calendar
4.q Make-Your-Own Sugar Bottle Display
4.r Thirst Quencher Poster
4.s Healthy Dates to Celebrate
4.t 5210 and Healthy Sleep
4.u It Takes Two To Tune In
4.v Television Tunnel Vision
4.w Healthy Eating in a Hurry and Healthy Shopping on a Budget
4.x Healthy Drinks Healthy Kids

Middle & high school aged children can play a more active role in their healthy lifestyle. Handouts in this toolkit challenge not only the students, but the teachers, administrators, and families as well to be role models of a healthy lifestyle.

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5.a Guide for How Middle and High Schools May Support 5210 Healthy Children
5.b Tips for Middle and High Schools
5.c Definitions and Recommendations
5.d Partner With and Educate Families
5.e 5210 Challenge Calendar
5.f Healthy Fundraising
5.g The Role of School Nutrition Programs
5.h Quick Physical Activity Breaks
5.i Physical Activity Clubs
5.j Make-Your-Own Sugar Bottle Display
5.k Fill Up Here Poster
5.l Media Projects
5.m Healthy Dates to Celebrate
5.n 5210 and Healthy Sleep
5.o Television Tunnel Vision
5.p Healthy Eating in a Hurry and Healthy Shopping on a Budget

Youth centers provide after-school, summer, and year-round childcare and recreational opportunities for families and their youth. Youth centers can use the handouts in this toolkit to promote healthy behaviors among youth, including fruit and vegetable consumption, closely monitoring and limiting screen time, increasing physical activity, and decreasing sweetened beverage intake!

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6.a Guide for How Youth Centers May Support 5210 Healthy Children
6.b Tips for Youth Centers
6.c Definitions and Recommendations
6.d Partner With and Educate Families
6.e Healthy Kids’ Snacks
6.f Provide Non-Food Rewards
6.g Make a 5210 Fortune Teller
6.h Teenage Girls and Physical Activity
6.i Fill Up Here Poster
6.j Healthy Dates to Celebrate
6.k 5210 and Healthy Sleep
6.l It Takes Two To Tune In
6.m Television Tunnel Vision
6.n Healthy Drinks Healthy Kids

Providing educational and recreational opportunities for youth, after-school programs can play an important role in encouraging or challenging a healthy lifestyle. Handouts in this toolkit can help instructors promote the 5210 message in the program and sustain the message at home!

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7.a Guide for How After-School Programs May Support 5210 Healthy Children
7.b Tips for After-School Programs
7.c Definitions and Recommendations
7.d Partner With And Educate Families
7.e Healthy Kids’ Snacks
7.f Provide Non-Food Rewards
7.g Make a 5210 Fortune Teller
7.h Teenage Girls and Physical Activity
7.i Fill Up Here Poster
7.j Healthy Dates to Celebrate
7.k 5210 and Healthy Sleep
7.l Television Tunnel Vision

When cafeterias prioritize and encourage healthy eating and drinking, they support influential adults who can model and promote healthy behaviors for children. The resources in this toolkit encourage healthy eating and drinking, providing ideas to take home to their families and communities!

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8.a Guide for How Cafeterias May Support 5210 Healthy Children
8.b Tips at Cafeterias
8.c Definitions and Recommendations
8.d Smarter Workplace Cafeterias
8.e Be Choosey in the Dining Hall

 

Handouts in this toolkit target patrons and provide them with restaurant-specific tips to increase fruits and vegetable consumption and decrease sweetened beverage consumption.

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9.a Guide for How Restaurants May Support 5210 Healthy Children
9.b Tips at Restaurants
9.c Definitions and Recommendations

With most food purchases being made at full-service supermarkets, these establishments can play an important role in supporting healthy eating and drinking in families. The handouts target patrons and promote healthy food purchases, healthy lunch preparation, and ways to get fruits and vegetables year-round!

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10.a Guide for How Grocery Stores May Support 5210 Healthy Children
10.b Tips at Grocery Stores
10.c Definitions and Recommendations
10.d Healthy Shopping on a Budget
10.e Healthy Brown Bag Lunches
10.f Understanding Food Labels
10.g To Have Fruits and Vegetables Year-Round, Add Frozen or Canned
10.h Healthy Kids’ Snacks
10.i Healthy Eating in a Hurry

The resources assembled in this toolkit are designed to help fitness centers support their patrons’ healthy lifestyles and provide ideas for promoting healthy behaviors in patrons’ families and communities.

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11.a Guide for How Fitness Centers May Support 5210 Healthy Children
11.b Tips at Fitness Centers
11.c Definitions and Recommendations
11.d Most People Don’t Need Sports and Energy Drinks
11.e Fill Up Here Poster
11.f Refresh Poster
11.g Thirst Quencher Poster

This venue will include municipal buildings, parks and recreation locations, places of worship, and other such sites where community members may gather. They are well-situated to promote 5210 behaviors because they serve as resources for a variety of community members, including children and their families.

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12.a Guide for How Community Centers May Support 5210 Healthy Children
12.b Tips for Community Centers
12.c Definitions and Recommendations
12.d Healthy Messaging
12.e Fill Up Here Poster
12.f Refresh Poster
12.g Thirst Quencher Poster
12.h Television Tunnel Vision
12.i Healthy Drinks Healthy Kids

Workplaces are good settings to target the parents of children and other leaders and role models within the civilian community. The resources assembled in this toolkit are designed to help workplaces promote healthy eating and an active lifestyle among working adults.

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13.a Guide for How Workplaces May Support 5210 Healthy Children
13.b Tips for the Workplace
13.c Definitions and Recommendations
13.d Healthy Food and Beverage Guidelines for Meetings and Occasions
13.e Alternatives to Food Rewards
13.f Instituting Vending Guidelines
13.g Smarter Workplace Cafeterias
13.h Active Meeting Guidelines
13.i Walking Meeting Guidelines
13.j Promote Taking the Stairs
13.k Healthy Messaging

 

Healthcare professionals can help reinforce the 5210 message from a clinical perspective, lend their expertise to the campaign, and show their support for 5210 activities throughout their communities. Handouts in this toolkit are designed to help healthcare professionals promote and support the 5210 message.

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14.a Guide for How Healthcare Professionals May Support 5210 Healthy Children
14.b Tips for Healthcare Professionals
14.c Definitions and Recommendations
14.d Creating a Healthy Office Environment
14.e Healthy Eating and Healthy Activity Booklists
14.f Thirst Quencher Poster
14.g How a Clinical Practice May Begin Using 5210 Healthy Children
14.h Measuring Weight and Length: 0-2 Years Old
14.i Measuring Height and Weight: 2-18 Years Old
14.j 5210 Healthy Habits Questionnaire (Ages 2-9)
14.k 5210 Healthy Habits Questionnaire (Ages 10-18)
14.l Motivational Interviewing
14.m Healthy Drinks Healthy Kids

Leaders can use their positions and connections in the military and local community to garner attention and create support for the campaign. They can help various targeted sectors network with one another and the greater community.

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15.a Guide for How Leaders May Support 5210 Healthy Children
15.b Tips for Leaders
15.c Definitions and Recommendations
15.d Healthy Messaging