Thurston County encourages children and their families to
follow some simple steps toward staying healthy and
preventing chronic illness through the number
7-5-2-1-0:
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Eat
breakfast every day. |
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Eat 5 or more servings of fruits and
vegetables every day. |
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Limit screen
time (time in front of a computer, television or
video games) unrelated to school to 2
hours or less daily. |
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Get 1 hour or more of moderate to
vigorous physical activity every day.
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Drink less sugar.
Try water and low-fat milk instead of
sugar-sweetened drinks. |
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For more information about Thurston
County's Healthy Child Weight initiative, visit
Healthy Child Weight.
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