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Fighting Childhood Obesity is as Easy as 5-2-1-0 for grocery wholesaler, hospital, and school




  










Fighting Childhood Obesity is as Easy as 5-2-1-0 for grocery wholesaler, hospital, and school


To protect and improve children'ss health, three pillars in a classic New England community (a company, a hospital, and a school) are joining forces to reduce children'ss weight problems using an innovative but simple approach. Together, they are promoting a catchy formula--5-2-1-0 as a guide for families to manage healthy eating, exercise, and screen time.


Keene, N.H. -- In a quiet corner of a small state--Keene, NH has a vision-- to be the healthiest community in the nation by the year 2020. To achieve this goal, this community must first overcome tough obstacles like childhood obesity, which threatens to increase kids's risk factors for chronic diseases like cancer. To protect and improve children'ss health, three pillars in this classic New England community (a company, a hospital, and a school) are joining forces to reduce children'ss weight problems using an innovative but simple approach. Together, they are introducing a catchy formula--5-2-1-0. The slogan 5-2-1-0 serves as a guide for families to manage healthy eating, exercise, and screen time. The comprehensive approach also serves as model for other communities seeking to work together to tackle this growing public health problem.





C's38;S Wholesale Grocers, Inc., provided the funding, Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (CMC/DHK) offered the clinical care, and the public school system presented a daily environment where children can practice, embrace, and celebrate healthy living.



In schools, on playgrounds, and in homes throughout the area, families are taking action by pledging to:



5 - Eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every day.


2 - Cut screen time to two hours or less a day (includes television, computer, and video games).


1 - Participate in at least one hour of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day.


0 - Restrict soda and sugar-sweetened sports and fruit drinks. Instead, drink water and three to four servings of fat-free (skim) or one-percent milk.



The 5-2-1-0 program is one aspect of a larger wellness movement in the rural region of New Hampshire'ss Cheshire County, which has adopted Vision 2020, a community-wide goal to become the healthiest community in the nation by the year 2020.



To support Vision 2020 and programs like 5-2-1-0, C's38;S Wholesale Grocers gave a portion of the proceeds from its 23rd annual Charity Golf Outing to Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene.



Providing this support to the hospital is a step toward transforming the overall health of families in our corporate headquarters community, said Rick Cohen, Chairman and CEO of C's38;S Wholesale Grocers. Vision 2020 is a bold program and we want to be a part of reaching its goals, particularly as they relate to area kids.



With the C's38;S charitable donation, CMC/DHK will expand its services to improve and protect the health of children in southwestern New Hampshire, a region of about 70,000 people; C's38;S employs 750 at its headquarters in Keene.



Too few people understand the connection between obesity and cancer, said John Schlegelmilch, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene. Being overweight and inactive as a child and then into adulthood increases the risk for certain cancers, such as colon and breast cancer. Schlegelmilch recommended immediate action against childhood obesity to protect children from preventable illnesses later in life.



The 5-2-1-0 program includes clinical assessments, protocols, and registries which will be implemented by Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene'ss Department of Pediatrics, called Children'ss Hospital at Dartmouth or CHaD in Keene, some of which were developed by the Foundation for Healthy Communities in New Hampshire as part of a statewide prevention effort. The 5-2-1-0 program is based on a review of national reports, evidence-based research, and promising practices, and carries the endorsement of the New Hampshire Childhood Obesity Expert Panel.



The donation from C's38;S Wholesale Grocers helps fund a range of programs and services, including school wellness policy implementation consultation, school outreach, pediatric clinical assessments, and parent/child wellness classes.



C's38;S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. http://www.cswg.com/ is a privately owned company with annual sales of $18 billion. The company is the 12th-largest privately held company in the nation, as ranked by Forbes magazine. Founded in 1918, C's38;S provides distribution services to grocery chains and independent stores, delivering to approximately 4,600 locations from its distribution centers in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Vermont.



Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene http://www.cheshire-med.com/ is comprised of a 169 bed acute care regional hospital and a 125 provider multi-specialty physician group practice associated with the Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system and representing 26 primary care and specialty areas, including locations for Children'ss Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD) and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center.




Photo Credit: Mark Corliss



Photo Caption: Can you spell 5-2-1-0 Students at the Symonds School in Keene, N.H. can and did. Each has pledged to do the following every day: Eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables, reduce screen time (i.e., television, computers) to two hours or less, get one hour of vigorous physical activity, and avoid sugary beverages. Looking over them (from left to right) Yvonne Goldsberry, Ph.D., Senior Director Community Health, Cheshire Medical Center; LaShawne Meriwether, VP Total Rewards, C's38;S Wholesale Grocers; Gina Goff, Director of Corporate Giving, C's38;S Wholesale Grocers; Patrick Heneghan, Director of Healthiest Community Initiative, Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene; Donna Dubuc, Director of Development, Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene; Micah Bennett, Benefits Program Manager, C's38;S Wholesale Grocers.






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