Recipe for Growing Healthy Children: Child Care Culinary Workshops Lead to Improved Menus, Mealtime Environments, and Nutrition Education

Barbara J. Mayfield; Lisa M. Graves

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2014.05.009

GEM No. 538| Volume 46, ISSUE 6, P627-628, November 2014

Recipe for Growing Healthy Children: Child Care Culinary Workshops Lead to Improved Menus, Mealtime Environments, and Nutrition Education

Barbara J. Mayfield, MS, RD
Barbara J. Mayfield
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Published:July 03, 2014DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2014.05.009

Over 3.3 million children are served meals and snacks daily through the US Department of Agriculture's Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

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US Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. Child and Adult Care Food Program. http://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp/child-and-adult-care-food-program. Accessed May 12, 2014.

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Child care foodservice staff often have minimal training in nutrition or food preparation, and nutrition professionals report a need for healthier and more varied child care menus, more appealing food presentation, and less reliance on ready-to-serve foods high in fat, sugar, and sodium.

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Position of the American Dietetic Association: benchmarks for nutrition in child care.

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