Preventing Childhood Obesity in Early Care and Education Programs : Selected Standards from Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards.

Intro -- Foreword -- Executive Summary -- Nutrition Standards -- Introduction -- General Requirements -- Written Nutrition Plan -- Routine Health Supervision and Growth Monitoring -- Assessment and Planning of Nutrition for Individual Children -- Feeding Plans and Dietary Modifications -- Use of US Department of Agriculture Child and Adult Care Food Program Guidelines -- Categories of Foods -- Meal and Snack Patterns -- Availability of Drinking Water -- 100% Fruit Juice -- Written Menus and Introduction of New Foods -- Care for Children with Food Allergies -- Ingestion of Substances that Do Not Provide Nutrition -- Vegetarian/Vegan Diets -- Requirements for Infants -- General Plan for Feeding Infants -- Feeding Infants on Cue by a Consistent Caregiver/Teacher -- Preparing, Feeding, and Storing Human Milk -- Feeding Human Milk to Another Mother's Child -- Preparing, Feeding, and Storing Infant Formula -- Techniques for Bottle Feeding -- Warming Bottles and Infant Foods -- Cleaning and Sanitizing Equipment Used for Bottle Feeding -- Introduction of Age-Appropriate Solid Foods to Infants -- Feeding Age-Appropriate Solid Foods to Infants -- Use of Soy-Based Formula and Soy Milk -- Requirements for Toddlers and Preschoolers -- Meal and Snack Patterns for Toddlers and Preschoolers -- Serving Size for Toddlers and Preschoolers -- Encouraging Self-Feeding by Older Infants and Toddlers -- Feeding Cow's Milk -- Requirements for School-Age Children -- Meal and Snack Patterns for School-Age Children -- Meal Service and Supervision -- Socialization During Meals -- Numbers of Children Fed Simultaneously by One Adult -- Adult Supervision of Children Who Are Learning to Feed Themselves -- Participation of Older Children and Staff in Mealtime Activities -- Experience with Familiar and New Foods -- Activities that Are Incompatible with Eating.

Prohibited Uses of Food -- Use of Nutritionist/Registered Dietitian -- Food Brought From Home -- Nutritional Quality of Food Brought From Home -- Selection and Preparation of Food Brought From Home -- Nutrition Education -- Nutrition Learning Experiences for Children -- Health, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Safety Awareness -- Nutrition Education for Parents/Guardians -- Policies -- Food and Nutrition Service Policies and Plans -- Infant Feeding Policy -- Physical Activity/Screen Time Standards -- Introduction -- Physical Activity -- Active Opportunities for Physical Activity -- Playing Outdoors -- Protection from Air Pollution While Children Are Outside -- Caregivers'/Teachers' Encouragement of Physical Activity -- Policies and Practices that Promote Physical Activity -- Screen Time -- Screen Time/Digital Media Use -- Appendixes -- MyPlate, MyWins: Make it yours -- MyPlate, MyWins: Choose MyPlate -- Physical Activity: How Much Is Needed? -- Our Child Care Center Supports Breastfeeding -- Nutrition Specialist, Registered Dietitian, Licensed Nutritionist, Consultant, and Food Service Staff Qualifications -- Acronyms/Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Index.

Help prevent childhood obesity with the latest national standards describing evidence-based best practices in nutrition, physical activity, and screen time for early care and education programs.

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