About 5210 Steps Up!
5210 Steps Up! is an initiative which began as a coalition of local organizations and health care advocates committed to promoting healthy choices in nutrition and physical activity known as Step It Up Seacoast.
5210 Steps Up! and Step It Up Seacoast are taking the lead in the Seacoast Region on implementing the recommendations of the Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) group, a statewide organization
How 5210 Steps Up! Works
The program works by leveraging existing community resources. We use clinically proven best practices to create comprehensive approaches designed to incorporate nutrition and exercise guidelines into the activities of daily living for families and children in the Seacoast Region.
The Goals of the 5210 Steps Up! Program include:
1. Increase awareness of the serious health problem of childhood obesity
2. Promote healthy lifestyle choices for children, youth and young adults as well their families through increases in physical activity and healthy eating
3. Empower and support families, pediatricians and community advocates to reduce and prevent childhood obesity
4. Create partnerships with agencies,institutions, organizations, neighborhoods and individuals to combat childhood obesity
5. Engage the larger community through the development of public health messages which promote healthy lifestyles targeted to
children, families and their support systems
6. Develop a coordinated effort to fight childhood obesity focusing in six domains: Healthcare, Schools, After School Programs, Early Childhood, Workplace and Community Centers
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