The following are references which support messages in 9-5-2-1-0 for Health™. Web links have been provided for each reference to allow you to learn more about why behaviors promoted in 9-5-2-1-0 for Health™ will lead to healthy children in your community.
9- Get at least nine hours of sleep per day
- The link between short sleep duration and obesity: We should recommend more sleep to prevent obesity. By Taheri S. Arch Dis Child 2006;91:881–884.
- National Sleep Foundation web page: Obesity, and Sleep
- Science Daily web site: Reduced Sleep Can Increase Childhood Obesity Risk, from the February 2008 Obesity, “Is Sleep Duration Associated with Childhood Obesity? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” by Xiaoli Chen, et al.
- National Sleep Foundation web page: How much sleep do we really need?
- Shorter Sleep Duration Is Associated With Increased Risk for Being Overweight at Ages 9 to 12 Years, by Julie C. Lumeng, et al, Pediatrics 120: 1020-1029
- Short Sleep Duration in Infancy and Risk of Childhood Overweight, by E.M. Taveras, et al, Arch Pediatric Adolescent Medicine. 2008;162(4):305-311
- CDC Sleep and Sleep Disorders web site: Sleep and Chronic Disease
- National Sleep Foundation web page: Diet, Exercise, and Sleep
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5 - Five servings of fruits and vegetables per day
- USDA, ChooseMyPlate web page, ChooseMyPlate resources
- CDC’s Fruits & Veggies Matter web site
- HHS/Office of the Surgeon General, Overweight in Children and Adolescents
- HHS/USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010
- ChooseMyPlate web page, How Much Do I Need to Eat?
- AAP Policy Statement: Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Practitioners
- CDC’s Fruits & Veggies Matter web site: How to Use Fruits and Vegetables to Help Manage Your Weight, Research to Practice Series #1
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2 - Limit screen time to 2 hours or less outside of school
- AAP Policy Statement: Children, Adolescents, Obesity, and the Media; published online June 27, 2011, doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-1066
- HSS/Office of the Surgeon General: The Surgeon General's Call To Action To Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity (last revised: January 11, 2007)
- We Can! campaign from NHLBI, NIDDKI, NICHHD and NCI web site
- Gortmaker SL, et al. “Television viewing as a cause of increasing obesity among children in the United States, 1986–1990.” Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 1996;150(4):356–62
- Toolkit for reducing screen time
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1- Get at least 1 hour of physical activity per day
- National Association for Sports and Physical Education: Active Start: A Statement of Physical Activity Guidelines for Children Birth to Five Years
- AAP Policy Statement: Active Healthy Living: Prevention of Childhood Obesity Through Increased Physical Activity (PEDIATRICS Vol. 117 No. 5 May 2006, pp. 1834-1842 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006-0472)
- HHS/USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010
- We Can! campaign from NHLBI, NIDDKI, NICHHD and NCI web site
0 - Eliminate sugar-added beverages
- HHS/USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010
- AAP Policy Statement:Soft Drinks in Schools (PEDIATRICS Vol. 113 No. 1 January 2004, pp. 152-154)
- AAP: The Use and Misuse of Fruit Juice in Pediatrics, (PEDIATRICS Vol. 107 No. 5 May 2001, pp. 1210-1213)
- CDC: Healthy Weight - it's not a diet, it's a lifestyle!/Rethink Your Drink
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