Transcript Healthy Eating Attitudes

Healthy Eating
Attitudes
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To provide assistance, support and consultation to child
care providers in meeting licensing requirements with
regards to nutrition.
To provide foods and nutrition education, training,
technical assistance and resources for licensed child
care providers.
To provide nutrition training and technical assistance
for child care licensing staff.
To collaborate and partner with agencies, projects and
programs to promote the goal of quality nutrition
services provided by licensed child care providers.
www.ctahr.hawaii.edu
/new/hccnp
Lokahi Wheel
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Nutrition is…
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The act or process of nourishing or being
nourished
The sum of the processes by which an animal or
plant takes in and utilizes food substances
(Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary)
What affects what and how
preschoolers eat?
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Physical growth
Language development
Social being development
Fine motor skills development
Environment
Physical Growth
(Berk, 1996)
Language Development
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2 years = 200 words, 6 years = 10,000 words
Learn 5 words a day
Language in social context
Social Being Development
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Parenting style
Family style meal
Role modeling
Fine Motor Skills
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Spoon = 2-3 years old
Fork = 4-5 years old
Knife = 5-6 years old
Environment
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Home – types of foods
Physical surroundings
Media exposure
Is this normal?
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Will only eat _____
Will not eat _____
Holds food in mouth
Always needs to _____ with food
Any other?
My First Food Memory
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What was your first memory of food?
Where were you?
Who were you with?
What were you eating?
Was it a pleasant or negative memory?
Whose responsibility is it?
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Teacher
Environment
Role modeling
When to eat
Menu
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Preschooler
What to eat
How much to eat
What will they eat?
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Variety/Choice
Size
Texture
Attractiveness
Finger foods
Positive Eating Attitude
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Positive Environment
Role Model
Appropriate Foods
Hawaii Child Care Nutrition Program
1955 East-West Road, #306
Honolulu, Hawaii 96816
ATTN: Angela Miyamoto
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References
Berk, L.E. (1996). Infants, Children, and Adolescents (2nd ed.). Boston:
Allyn & Bacon.
Kleinman, R.E. (Ed.). (2004). Pediatric Nutrition Handbook (5th ed.).
American Academy of Pediatrics.
Mish, F.C. (Ed.). (1984). Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary.
Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Inc.
Satter, E. (2000). Child of Mine: Feeding with love and good sense.
Boulder: Bull Publishing Company.