This conference has come and gone! For more information about upcoming conferences, please visit https://store.letsgo.org/about-us/events/. TOWARDS ENDING CHILDHOOD OBESITY: How doctors, toddlers, and schools can stop an epidemic. Learn how to build capacity in your practice, in your community and for your patients. Take away material you can use the next day. Join us on September 11th, 12th… Read more »
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5-2-1-0 Message and Let’s Go! Model Spread Across the U.S.!
Authored by Karen Schebaum Did you know that both 5-2-1-0 and the Let’s Go! multi-setting model have spread across the country? In 2012 Let’s Go! provided some degree of technical assistance to over 120 sites in 36 states! Some organizations and sites have adopted the 5-2-1-0 message, while other organizations are implementing the Let’s Go!… Read more »
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Lends His Support to Let’s Go! and the 5-2-1-0 Message
Authored by Karen Schebaum Let’s Go! was thrilled and honored that Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, visited Maine Medical Center last week to highlight the importance of childhood nutrition. The selection of MMC for his visit was largely due to the work of the Let’s Go! team. As Secretary Vilsack said, “The work that… Read more »
Is some extra weight good for you?
Authored by Michael A Dedekian, MD A recent study in the Journal of The American Medical Association (JAMA) caught the attention of national media. The authors used the best available scientific evidence, combined from 97 other separate studies, to better define the link between mortality (death) and weight. The evidence they used represented a total… Read more »
2nd Annual Let’s Go! Childhood Obesity Conference
This conference has come and gone! For more information about upcoming conferences, please visit https://store.letsgo.org/about-us/events/. TOWARDS ENDING CHILDHOOD OBESITY: How doctors, toddlers, and schools can stop an epidemic. Learn how to build capacity in your practice, in your community and for your patients. Take away material you can use the next day. Join us on September 11th, 12th… Read more »