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GEM No. 609| Volume 53, ISSUE 10, P900-902, October 2021

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Start Strong: A Culinary Nutrition Education Training for Family Child Care Providers

Published:August 11, 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2021.06.014
      The Center for Disease Control and Prevention developed the Spectrum of Opportunities Framework to help communities target obesity prevention in early care and education (ECE) settings.

      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State Obesity Prevention Efforts Targeting the Early Care and Education Setting: Quick Start Action Guide (2.0). Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention; 2018. https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/strategies/early-care-education/pdf/ECE_2018_QuickStartActionGuide_April2018_508.pdf. Accessed January 4, 2021.

      Professional development is one of the opportunities identified in the framework. Training family child care providers (providers) on how to prepare healthy foods for children in their care is 1 way to improve the food environment in child care settings. University of Minnesota Extension (Extension) recognized the majority of culinary nutrition education training and curricula for ECE settings were designed for child care centers. Because 89% of all licensed child care providers in Minnesota are family providers,

      Minnesota Department of Human Services, Office of Inspector General Children and Family Services. Status of Child Care in Minnesota. Minnesota Department of Human Services; 2018. https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2019/mandated/190314.pdf. Accessed January 4, 2021.

      Extension engaged family providers in the development and implementation of Start Strong: Cooking, Feeding, and More, a culinary nutrition education curriculum for family providers.
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      REFERENCES

      1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. State Obesity Prevention Efforts Targeting the Early Care and Education Setting: Quick Start Action Guide (2.0). Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention; 2018. https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/strategies/early-care-education/pdf/ECE_2018_QuickStartActionGuide_April2018_508.pdf. Accessed January 4, 2021.

      2. Minnesota Department of Human Services, Office of Inspector General Children and Family Services. Status of Child Care in Minnesota. Minnesota Department of Human Services; 2018. https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2019/mandated/190314.pdf. Accessed January 4, 2021.

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