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! model in multiple settings.
Interestingly, over the years as organizations adopted the 5-2-1-0 message, many of them elected to innovate the mnemonic to include messages such as the benefits of eating breakfast, getting enough sleep, breast feeding, and dairy consumption. Examples include:
521 Almost None Nemours
54321 Go!® Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC)
BB 210 National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ)
75210 Seattle Children’s Hospital
5321 Almost None Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less, North Carolina
95210 Northern Virginia Healthy Kids Coalition (NVHKC)
Let’s Go! offers free access to our Toolkits and resources. Organizations and individuals may print and use any of our online resources. Organizations who prefer to purchase hard copy materials may order many of our resources at www.letsgotoolkits.com.
Karen Schebaum is a manager at the Kids CO-OP, Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center – Home Office for Let’s Go!.