Healthy Eating Healthy Eating AttitudesAttitudes

To provide assistance, support and To provide assistance, support and consultation to child care providers in consultation to child care providers in meeting licensing requirements with regards meeting licensing requirements with regards to nutrition. to nutrition.

To provide foods and nutrition education, To provide foods and nutrition education, training, technical assistance and resources training, technical assistance and resources for licensed child care providers. for licensed child care providers.

To provide nutrition training and technical To provide nutrition training and technical assistance for child care licensing staff. assistance for child care licensing staff.

To collaborate and partner with agencies, To collaborate and partner with agencies, projects and programs to promote the goal of projects and programs to promote the goal of quality nutrition services provided by quality nutrition services provided by licensed child care providers. licensed child care providers.

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Nutrition is…Nutrition is…

The act or process of nourishing or The act or process of nourishing or being nourishedbeing nourished

The sum of the processes by which an The sum of the processes by which an animal or plant takes in and utilizes animal or plant takes in and utilizes food substancesfood substances

(Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary)(Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary)

What affects what and how What affects what and how preschoolers eat?preschoolers eat?

Physical growthPhysical growth Language developmentLanguage development Social being developmentSocial being development Fine motor skills developmentFine motor skills development EnvironmentEnvironment

Physical GrowthPhysical Growth

(Berk, 1996)

Language DevelopmentLanguage Development

2 years = 200 words, 6 years = 2 years = 200 words, 6 years = 10,000 words10,000 words

Learn 5 words a dayLearn 5 words a day Language in social contextLanguage in social context

Social Being Social Being DevelopmentDevelopment

Parenting styleParenting style Family style mealFamily style meal Role modelingRole modeling

Fine Motor SkillsFine Motor Skills

Spoon = 2-3 years oldSpoon = 2-3 years old Fork = 4-5 years oldFork = 4-5 years old Knife = 5-6 years oldKnife = 5-6 years old

EnvironmentEnvironment

Home – types of foodsHome – types of foods Physical surroundingsPhysical surroundings Media exposureMedia exposure

Is this normal?Is this normal?

Will only eat _____Will only eat _____ Will not eat _____Will not eat _____ Holds food in mouthHolds food in mouth Always needs to _____ with foodAlways needs to _____ with food Any other?Any other?

My First Food MemoryMy First Food Memory

What was your first memory of food?What was your first memory of food? Where were you? Where were you? Who were you with?Who were you with? What were you eating?What were you eating? Was it a pleasant or negative Was it a pleasant or negative

memory?memory?

Whose responsibility is Whose responsibility is it?it?

EnvironmentEnvironment Role modelingRole modeling When to eatWhen to eat MenuMenu

What to eatWhat to eat How much to How much to

eateat

Teacher Preschooler

What will they eat?What will they eat?

Variety/ChoiceVariety/Choice SizeSize TextureTexture AttractivenessAttractiveness Finger foodsFinger foods

Positive Eating AttitudePositive Eating Attitude

Positive EnvironmentPositive Environment Role ModelRole Model Appropriate FoodsAppropriate Foods

Hawaii Child Care Nutrition Program

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Honolulu, Hawaii 96816

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ReferencesReferences

Berk, L.E. (1996). Berk, L.E. (1996). Infants, Children, and Infants, Children, and AdolescentsAdolescents (2 (2ndnd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Kleinman, R.E. (Ed.). (2004). Kleinman, R.E. (Ed.). (2004). Pediatric Nutrition Pediatric Nutrition HandbookHandbook (5 (5thth ed.). American Academy of ed.). American Academy of Pediatrics.Pediatrics.

Mish, F.C. (Ed.). (1984). Mish, F.C. (Ed.). (1984). Webster’s Ninth New Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate DictionaryCollegiate Dictionary. Springfield, . Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc.Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc.

Satter, E. (2000). Satter, E. (2000). Child of Mine: Feeding with love Child of Mine: Feeding with love and good sense.and good sense. Boulder: Bull Publishing Boulder: Bull Publishing Company.Company.