Increase Participation in Quality Early Childhood Care & Education
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Educational Programs to Encourage Healthy Nutrition
- Nutrition promotion curriculum's specifically designed for pre-school children from families with limited resources (i.e., CACFP: Child and Adult Care Food Program). These programs may target pre-school educators and parents, improving "the quality of pre-school diet, target the most at-risk children, and educate adults" [1]. For example, the CACFP program is designed to provide free or reduced meals or snacks. Another program, WISE (We Inspire Smart Eating) was introduced in a research study which concluded the children involved in these programs had increased consumption of fruits and vegetables after a year of participating[1].
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Whiteside-Mansell, L., & Swindle, T. M. (2019). Evaluation of Together We Inspire Smart Eating: pre-school fruit and vegetable consumption. Health education research, 34(1), 62–71. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyy048
