Setting up mealtimes as a chance to learn builds a child’s health, development, and social skills. Learn how positive eating environments, responsive feeding, and family style dining help form lifelong good habits.

This section of the Health Manager Orientation Guide describes how health managers support child feeding practices.

This section of the Health Manager Orientation Guide describes how health managers work with nutrition staff and consultants to develop nutrition services.

In this chapter of the Health Manager Orientation Guide, learn about the health manager’s role in helping programs meet the nutritional and physical activity needs of each child.

Childhood obesity increases the likelihood of adulthood obesity. Explore these tips for creating a positive eating environment and using movement as a learning tool.

Good nutrition helps children grow, develop, and maintain a healthy weight. In this resource, find healthy eating strategies for families and staff.

Review these video clips to learn how to implement CACFP, including information about meal patterns, accommodations, how reimbursements are calculated, and creating positive food and eating environments.

Learn important nutrition messages and activities to help young children build a lifetime of healthy eating practices, in this webinar and online course.

This resource provides guiding questions and tips to support implementation of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal patterns in early childhood programs. It also identifies the Head Start Performance Standards (HSPPS) that support CACFP meal pattern requirements.

Infant feeding practices vary for each family. These resources help Head Start staff promote evidence-based feeding practices for infants and support families in nourishing their babies with human milk or formula.