:Page 2 www.sunnewspapers.net feelingfit.com The Sun /5LIrICI~1y .I3rILI31 y ~' Feeling Fit CEO DerekDunn-Rankin President and Publisher David Dunn-Rankin Feeling Fit Publisher Dave Powell 941-258-9522 dpowell@sun-herald.com Feeling Fit Editor Karin Lillis 941-258-9530 f,,,h noll ,,..,I ll ii h .. dl, ,,iill Medical Advertising Executive Anthony Feroce 941-258-9527 aferoce@sun-herald.com Medical Advertising Executive Bibi R. Gafoor 941-258-9528 l",o ll l |'!1Mi l l,,'l. .., l h .i ih ] 1,1,1 Medical Advertising Executive Kim Lee 941-205-6409 klee@sun-herald.com Columnists and Contributors Laureen Albrecht Barbara Bean-Mellinger Judy Buss Tom Cappiello Patricia Garlausky Horwell Shirley George Renee LePere Bob Massey Barbara Pierce Warren Richardson Ted Robedee Deadlines Supportgroup' i, i:1..i 1|iil.hlr 1i as space permits. 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The first is the 5-2-1-0 program that CHIP (Community Health Improvement Partnership) is helping our schools introduce to students and their families. It is just one of the steps taken by our chronic disease subcommittee to help reduce obesity rates in Charlotte County. The message of the program is quite simple and children can easily understand it: 5 servings of fruits and veggies, 2 hours or less of recreation- al screen time, 1 hour or more of physical activity, and 0 sugary drinks. This sounds almost too simple until you recognize that a large portion of our young population get little to none of the veggies and fruit that they need or much less than the five recommended servings. You also have to get kids to play outdoors, run, play ball, roller skate or any of the many, many things that kids do. This simple program is being taught to third-graders who hope- fully start bugging their parents for fruits and veggies. 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