Let's Go! tackles childhood obesity with 5-2-1-0 message. (cover story)

BARBARA Bush Children's Hospital (Portland, Me.); PREVENTION of childhood obesity; FOOD habits; CHILD nutrition; FRUIT; VEGETABLES

The article focuses on the 5-2-1-0 message promoted by Let's Go!, a program launched by the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland, to address childhood obesity in the U.S. Topics discussed include the program's aim to address childhood obesity by encouraging children to eat more fruits and vegetables everyday, a brief history of the program which is funded by health systems, hospitals, foundations and businesses and the activities included in the program.