Northern Virginia Healthy Kids Coalition

Making a Difference in Children's Health

 

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9-5-2-1-0 for Health™ is a community-wide campaign to promote healthy lifestyles for children in Northern Virginia. Please use the ideas and tools provided here to help your communities' youth live the 9-5-2-1-0 for Health™ message in simple ways, every day.

 

What You Can Do

 

1. Spread the Message. Start by spreading the 9-5-2-1-0 for Health™ message to children, parents, caregivers, colleagues, friends, and neighbors. Learn more...

 

2. Use the Tools. Adopt policies & practices that support the 9-5-2-1-0 for Health™ behaviors in your particular setting. Encourage others to do the same wherever children live, learn, and play. Click a tool kit in the left-hand menu...

 

 

9 Hours of Sleep 

 

 

 

5 Servings of fruits and vegetables daily

 

 

 

2 No more than 2 hours of recreational screen time daily

 

 

 

 1 Hour of physical activity daily

 

 

 

0 No sugary beverages

 

 

 

 

3. Join the Campaign. Join the 9-5-2-1-0 for Health™ campaign to connect with other people who share your commitment to child health promotion. There is no cost to join, and we will equip you with ideas & tools for spreading the message and supporting the 9-5-2-1-0 for Health™ behaviors. Click here to join...

 

 26January2015

Arlington Teens Attend Virginia Healthy Youth Day

ARLINGTON, VA – Over 450 youth from across Virginia, including four teens from Arlington gathered on the Virginia Capitol lawn to participate in Virginia Healthy Youth Day, hosted by the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (VFHY).

Dominique Renee Bridgeforth, Jordan Dixon, Lukai Hatcher and Shaila Washington from the Langston-Brown Teen Afterschool Program, listened to the First Lady of Virginia Dorothy McAuliffe speak about the importance of good health, exercised on the lawn and participated in the Healthy Kids Walk around Capitol Square. Click here for news release>>>

20January2015