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5210 –
the healthy
way to go
Tamariki across the Bay of Plenty are
being given a head start on healthy
habits thanks to a brand new range
of health resources given at their
routine B4 School Check.
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board and Toi
Te Ora Public Health have developed a range
of resources called “5210”, which feature local
scenes and local people teamed up with some
simple messages to help make the healthy
choice the easy choice. Not only are these
resources being distributed at the B4 School
Check, but also via general practices, early
childhood centres, and dental clinics around
the Bay.
Te ara ha
uora tika
The heal
thy way
to go
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Public Health Nurse, Debbie Trenberth, has
been handing out the resources as part of
the B4 School Check and says they help to generate
healthy conversations with whānau and drive home the simple
5210 message. “We have some great new resources that can be
easily understood to help kids and their families remember to go
5210 everyday. These include the 5210 bags and stickers.” She
adds, “The resources remind families that we need to eat five
vegetables and fruit a day, cut down kids screen time to less than
two hours, be active for an hour or more each day, and have zero
sugary drinks but drink water or milk instead.”
Five or m
ore
vegetab
les
and fruit
Less than
two hou
rs
screen ti
me
Be activ
e
for one h
our
or more
Zero sug
ary drink
s
- choose
water or
plain mil
k
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Dr Alison James, a Tauranga GP, was part of the team that helped
develop the resources. “The resources can be used by anyone in
the community, so that families and whānau see these messages
and are encouraged to live them wherever they go.” She adds, “If
kids can live 5210 every day, then they are learning healthy habits
which will help prevent chronic illnesses, like diabetes, when they
are adults.”
Health practitioners can also access specific resources to support
conversations with whānau about their child’s food, sleep, and
activity, as well as to help families set goals towards creating
healthy life-long habits.
For 5210 resources and information,
visit www.toiteora.govt.nz/5210.
Following his B4 School Check with Public Health
Nurse, Debbie Trenberth (left), Maverick Rawson (right)
is all set to start school with his new 5210 bag.
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