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Nutrition

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.

Reflecting on Breastfeeding Questionnaire

Program staff's feelings on breastfeeding/chestfeeding can impact how they educate families of their infant feeding options. Use this questionnaire to help staff members explore their feelings.

Breastfeeding and Infant Nutrition

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.

Breastfeeding: Tips for Head Start Staff

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/chestfeeding.

Food Allergies

This video stresses the need for safe plans and protocols for children with food allergies and provides some strategies and questions to reflect on.

Family Style Meals

Learn more about family style meals and how they can help young children make healthy food choices and develop social skills.

Food Allergies and Sensitivities

Keeping children with food allergies safe is everyone’s responsibility. Head Start staff can work with families to develop health and safety plans and keep the food environment safe.