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  • Nutrition

Tag

  • Healthy eating (16)
  • Meal service (7)
  • Responsive feeding (7)
  • Breastfeeding (6)
  • Home visiting (5)
  • Nutrition assistance (4)
  • Physical activity (3)
  • Infant feeding (2)
  • COVID-19 (2)
  • Active play (1)
  • Food safety (1)
  • Safe environments (1)
  • Home-based curriculum (1)

Audience

  • Health Professionals (2)
  • Home Visitors (1)

Program Options

Type

  • Video (18)
  • Article (14)
  • Publication (7)
  • Podcasts (1)
  • Learning Module (1)
  • Topic Page (1)

Age Group

Program Type

Series

  • Healthy Home Visiting (4)
  • Home Visiting Series (1)
  • Tips for Health Managers (1)
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.

CACFP Meal Services in Head Start Programs

This webinar offers resources and information on how to implement CACFP in your program and summarizes the requirements for recordkeeping and reimbursement of meals and snacks.

Guidance for Implementing the Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Patterns

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.

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.

Nutrition Building Blocks: How I Am Moving, I Am Learning (IMIL) Supports Early Learning Success

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.

Providing Meal and Nutrition Services During COVID-19

This webinar discusses best practices to combat food insecurity during COVID-19 and features experts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety.

Responding to Food Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Food insecurity has worsened during the pandemic. Head Start and Early Head Start programs are encouraged to continue being creative and innovative in meeting children’s nutritional needs.

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.

Child and Adult Care Food Program

These resources will help Head Start staff implement CACFP nutrition standards in their programs.

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