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What is 5210 Healthy Washoe?

Adapted from Let’s Go, 5210 is a nationally recognized obesity prevention initiative that is an evidence-based framework promoting four simple daily healthy habits.

5210 message

How does it work?

5210 Healthy Washoe helps communities promote a shared, consistent message that ties local efforts together across the community. When being used in a healthcare setting, it can also help address childhood obesity and promote health messaging to support families in making the healthy choice the easy choice using the 5-2-1-0 daily cues.

Target Outcomes

Improved awareness of the importance of healthy habits.
Increase in healthy habits among kids, families and staff.
Increase in healthy weight among youth.

Health Care Professionals Play a Vital Role

Research has shown that primary care providers can and should play an important role in obesity prevention. Healthcare providers are in a unique position to partner with patients and families/caregivers and to influence key components of the broader strategy of developing community support. To be effective we know that healthcare practice teams need tools and resources that are evidence-based, practical, accessible, and inclusive.

5210 is a community engagement initiative working to improve health behaviors that impact overweight and obesity: healthy eating and active living (HEAL). 5210 is rooted in the social-ecological model of behavior change, which acts upon policy, systems, and environments to make the healthy choice the easy choice. Evidence-based strategies are used to facilitate HEAL in education, schools, food bank pantries, and healthcare practices here in Washoe County.

Getting Started

Implementing the NV 5-2-1-0 program can be done at a pace that works for your office.

Phase I: Promote the Key Messages. Hang posters in the exam rooms and waiting areas or broadcast digitally as appropriate

Phase II: Introduce 5-2-1-0 to families and integrate Healthy Habits Questionnaire to well visits. As a NV 5-2-1-0 partner you will receive program assistance, tools and resources to successfully implement the program in your office.

For more information contact Lisa Sheretz, lsheretz@nnph.org, 775-328-6152.

5210 Materials

Please download and use these FREE 5210 materials or contact Lisa to learn more about obtaining materials for your office.

Last modified on 03/27/2024