Open Arms Family Child Care in Clinton is Let’s Go!’s newest Featured Child Care Program! Authored by Emily Cooke Megan Miklos, owner and director of Open Arms Family Child Care in Clinton Maine, is excited about how 5-2-1-0 Goes to Child Care is helping her create an even healthier environment for the children she cares… Read more »
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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 »
Healthy Lifestyle Guideposts: Let’s Go! Priority Strategies.
Authored By Karen Schebaum Let’s Go! supports 10 evidence based strategies to be implemented across community settings. Five of them, based on research, have shown to have the greatest impact on healthy eating and active living. These “priority strategies” are what our participating schools, after school programs, and childcare programs primarily focus on. These strategies… Read more »
Can an extra recess prevent bullying? A new study says it could!
Guest Authored by Jackie Rogers Bullying is a problem that many schools are currently addressing. As Let’s Go! team members working closely with schools, we know how important this issue is for our communities. It is important for our students to feel happy, healthy and safe in their classrooms. Research shows that physical activity can… Read more »
Sugar Sweetened Beverages and Weight Gain
Authored By Dr. Tory Rogers A recent New York Times article did a great job highlighting the importance of two new studies, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, providing further evidence linking sugary drinks to obesity. This article further demonstrates that sugary drinks can be a major factor in putting on pounds for… Read more »