What About Adults?
About the EHHD ACHIEVE Initiative
Community Partners & Their Stories
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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 our 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 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
- National Sleep Foundation web page: Diet, Exercise, and Sleep
5 - Five servings of fruits and vegetables per day / Half your plate of fruits and vegetables each meal
2 - Limit screen time to 2 hours or less outside of school
1- Get at least 1 hour of physical activity per day
0 - Eliminate sugar-added beverages
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