Five or more fruits and vegetables, two hours or less of recreational screen time, one hour or more of physical activity and zero sugary drinks, more water.

Following the 5-2-1-0 daily habits can contribute to an active and healthy lifestyle.

Maybe you’ve heard the message from Healthy Jackson County and the Jackson County Health Department on the radio. Maybe you’ve seen the billboards around Jackson County. Maybe you attended an event that promoted a healthy lifestyle and received a flyer.

Either way, word is getting out.

“Those are all easy daily healthy habits that you can get into or start or continue,” Jena Hanks, Health Issues and Challenges grant coordinator for Healthy Jackson County, said during a recent All-Member Coalition meeting.

The 5210 workgroup is a subgroup of the Healthy Jackson County nutrition and physical activity workgroup that has been working hard to get this messaging out in the community. That work is being funded through the health department.

“We’re really grateful for our collaboration,” Hanks said. “Karla Hubbard (with the health department) has been really vital in moving this work along. They’ve done some great collaboration with us and have helped put some pieces together.”

Another project in the works is creating a 5210 jingle. Dr. David Hartung wrote and recorded that for the radio with Kelly Trask with 99.3 The Buzz in Seymour.

“You’ll have to make sure to listen for that in one of the four daily spots that will be playing, so you’ll be hearing it a lot,” Hanks said.

A 5210 Hero campaign also is in the works. Hanks said it will be similar to the “Got Milk?” campaign in the 1990s but with a local twist.

“Instead of professional athletes or celebrities on the messaging, it would be local athletes,” she said. “Maybe seniors in high school, on the football team or the dance team or whoever it is, getting some local athletes, local celebrities out there for especially the elementary-age kids to see and really be able to resonate with this message.”

The workgroup also is working with the Leadership Jackson County youth and health project team that will be a partnership for 5210. Hanks said information about that project will be shared during the next All-Member Coalition meeting.

Also, Guardian Bikes in Seymour has pledged a donation of 40 bicycles to the Boys & Girls of Seymour. Hanks had the club’s executive director, Ryon Wheeler, share how that will tie in with 5210.

“The thought process behind Guardian Bikes is instead of just giving them to kids, where they may get stolen or in disrepair or just don’t understand it, we can keep them in a trailer, and then we could go out to Jackson-Washington State Forest, we can go on the new trails, our kids could use them for the youth triathlon, but having them available to where we can do it,” Wheeler said.

Another idea is to start a biking club, where the kids could use the bicycles on a regular basis.

Wheeler said they are trying to figure out how to get a trailer big enough to hold the bicycles.

“If Crothersville wanted to go have it, we could have them come down and do a bike rodeo at Crothersville, so it really is mobile rather than just having 40 bikes that may get used up,” he said. “Hopefully, it will get used a lot throughout as many places as we can.”

Hanks said anyone interested in joining the 5210 workgroup may email [email protected]. The next meeting is Feb. 1 via Microsoft Teams.