Following his B4 School Check with Public Health Nurse, Debbie Trenberth (left), Maverick Rawson (right) is all set to start school with his new 5210 bag. Photo / Supplied
Tamariki across the Bay of Plenty are being given a head start on healthy habits thanks to a brand new range of health resources given at their routine B4 School Check.
The Bay of Plenty DHB and Toi Te Ora Public Health have developed a range of resources called "5210",
which feature local scenes and local people teamed up with some simple messages to help make the healthy choice the easy choice.
The resources being distributed at the B4 School Check, general practices, early childhood centres, and dental clinics around the Bay.
Public Health Nurse, Debbie Trenberth, has been handing out the resources as part of the B4 School Check and says they help to generate healthy conversations with whānau and drive home the simple 5210 message.
"We have some great new resources that can be easily understood to help kids and their families remember to go 5210 everyday. These include the 5210 book bags and stickers.
"The resources remind families that we need to eat five vegetables and fruit a day, cut down kids screen time to less than two hours, be active for an hour or more each day, and have zero sugary drinks but drink water or milk instead," Trenberth said.
