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Good nutrition is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Eating healthy foods helps pregnant women and children get the nutrients their bodies need to stay healthy, active, and strong. Health managers and program staff can explore resources to support healthy eating habits and find nutrition assistance information to share with families.
The Positive Eating Environment Self-Assessment for Early Care and Education (ECE) Programs offers a brief, user-friendly way to assess basic mealtime practices. Learn how this assessment can help center-based and family child care programs that serve 3 to 5 year olds. Staff can use this tool to evaluate the availability of healthy nutrition and mealtime environments. It can also be used for staff discussions and policy planning.
I Am Moving, I Am Learning (IMIL) is an initiative of the Office of Head Start designed by Region III to address the increase in childhood obesity among Head Start children. The video summarizes IMIL goals of increasing physical activity, improving the quality of movement, and encouraging healthy food choices.
In this fact sheet, find easy tips families may use to help their children learn about nutrition and healthy eating behaviors starting in infancy.
Find out how family mealtime can be an important opportunity to support child development.
Explore this tip sheet to learn about 10 ways to create state and local program partnerships between Head Start and local Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs.
Learn the benefits of family style dining and how to support it in an early childhood education program.
This video stresses the need for safe plans and protocols for children with food allergies and provides some strategies and questions to reflect on.
Read the standards for designing and providing nutrition services that meet needs of each child, as well as funding sources for implementation.
Learn how to use elements from I Am Moving, I Am Learning (IMIL) to create in-person and virtual learning experiences that lay a foundation for healthy nutrition and school success.
This resource will help Head Start and early care and education managers and staff ensure policies, training, and best practices to create a program that welcomes breastfeeding.
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