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Direct linkKristin E. Fjaera; Ratib Lekhal; Sølvi Helseth; Milada Småstuen Hagen; Samira Lekhal – Health Education Journal, 2024
Aim: This study sought to investigate the relationship between knowledge and the practical application (including grocery lists, meal plans and food-related pedagogical plans) of Norwegian national guidelines for food and meals in kindergartens, together with the quality of food served in adherence to these guidelines. The study also examined the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Food, Eating Habits
Sanagavarapu, Prathyusha – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2018
Despite the increasing attendance of children with food allergy in schools in Australia and globally, little is known about how affected families manage their children's transition to school. This paper discusses the experiences and support needs of ten mothers during their child's transition to school in Sydney, Australia, drawn from the thematic…
Descriptors: Mothers, Special Needs Students, Food Standards, School Readiness
Download full textVikraman, Sundeep; Fryar, Cheryl D.; Ogden, Cynthia L. – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015
Consumption of fast food has been linked to weight gain in adults. Fast food has also been associated with higher caloric intake and poorer diet quality in children and adolescents. From 1994 through 2006, caloric intake from fast food increased from 10% to 13% among children aged 2-18 years. This report presents the most recent data on the…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Nutrition, Child Health, Adolescents
Hernandez, Patricia; Jones, Sheila – Science and Children, 2014
By now, we are all aware of the effect of super-sized food portions. Very young children regulate their food intake by internal cues (when they feel full) rather than by portion size. As children age, external cues have more influence than internal cues. Hence, larger portion sizes promote more energy intake in older children, leading to caloric…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Mathematics Skills, Obesity, Nutrition
Transformation and Regulation: A Century of Continuity in Nursery School and Welfare Policy Rhetoric
Read, Jane – Journal of Education Policy, 2015
This article explores policy development for under-fives and its implementation in nursery schools in the first two decades of the twentieth century and draws parallels with current policy initiatives such as Sure Start and the "Troubled Families" programme. It interrogates how discourse on British racial health shaped policy and…
Descriptors: Nursery Schools, Welfare Services, Public Policy, Rhetoric
Tande, D. L.; Niemeier, B. S.; Hwang, J. H.; Stastny, S.; Bezbaruah, N.; Hektner, J. M.; Habedank, D. – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2014
Purpose/Objectives: The purpose of this pilot study was to compare changes in preschool children's identification, preferences, and beliefs related to fruits and vegetables introduced to a child care center's menu before and after a nutrition education and food exposure intervention. The study also sought to determine how these changes were…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Pilot Projects, Preferences, Beliefs
Runyowa, Julius; Podzo, Barbara Zvisinei; Kanyume, Patience – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2014
The study explored the experiences of ECD centres in Masvingo district in terms of the quality of meals with regards to diversity and size of portions and WASH provisions. One school was purposively sampled. The research adopted a qualitative paradigm and used one ECD centre in Masvingo district as a case study. Data were gathered through…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Early Childhood Education, Academic Achievement, Infants
Zamani, A. Rahman, Ed.; Rose, Bobbie, Ed.; Calder, Judy, Ed.; Garakani, Tahereh, Ed.; Leonard, Victoria, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2009
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment for all…
Descriptors: Child Safety, Health Programs, Public Health, Food Standards
Sexton, Julie S.; Schilling, Jennifer K.; Taylor, Jan C. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2009
The prevention of foodborne illness in childcare centers is a major public health concern. One prevention mechanism is the education of childcare providers. Because of the very diverse population in the childcare profession, the constant turnover rate and the need for high-quality, accessible training, providing this training proves to be an…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Prevention, Food Standards, Teaching Methods
Enke, Allison A.; Briley, Margaret E.; Curtis, Suzanne R.; Greninger, Sue A.; Staskel, Deanna M. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2007
Childcare in the United States (US) has become a necessary part of life for most working parents with the increased use of center-based childcare over the past three decades. Approximately 13 million preschoolers attend some form of childcare. Literature indicates the main predictors of quality childcare programs are adequate experience and…
Descriptors: Safety, Employed Parents, Food Standards, Early Childhood Education
Elliott, Alison, Ed. – Early Childhood Australia, 2007
"Every Child" is Australia's premier early childhood publication, aimed at anyone involved in the care and education of children from birth to eight years--in particular child care professionals, teachers, child care students and the parents of young children. Published quarterly, it contains informative and entertaining articles on such…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Foreign Countries, Conservation (Environment), Ecology
Zamani, Rahman, Ed.; Guralnick, Eva, Ed.; Kunitz, Judith, Ed. – California Childcare Health Program, 2002
"Child Care Health Connections" is a bimonthly newsletter published by the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), a community-based program of the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, Department of Family Health Care Nursing. The goals of the newsletter are to promote and support a healthy and safe environment…
Descriptors: Child Care, Hygiene, Child Health, Child Development
