Nutrition for Children

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This paper explains that the obesity epidemic in America can be traced as far back as infancy nutrition. The author urges that a healthy eating teaching plan, including a scheduled daily interactive "meal" time when children are encouraged to explore many nutritious options, should be part of each school day including preschool. The paper suggest that, in this manner, children will be able to use their natural play and creativity instincts to make healthy eating choices.

From the Paper:

"The ability of daycare providers to offer to children healthy options on a frequent and rotating schedule, especially finger foods that are colorful and tasty and are shown by example to be easy to eat and good tasting, as they watch their other daycare friends eat such options. The teacher should offer the food, family style, in much the same way that art supplies are placed in the center of the table, appealingly and for everyone to take turns with."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cotugna, N., & Vickery, C. (2007). Educating Early Childhood Teachers about Nutrition: A Collaborative Venture. Childhood Education, 83(4), 194.
• Dalton, S. (2004). Our Overweight Children: What Parents, Schools, and Communities Can Do to Control the Fatness Epidemic. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
• Gard, M., & Wright, J. (2004). The Obesity Epidemic: Science, Morality, and Ideology. New York: Routledge.
• Hendy, H. M., Gustitus, C., & Leitzel-Schwalm, J. (2001). Social Cognitive Predictors of Body Image in Preschool Children. 557.
• Long-Term Benefits of Preschool. (1990, March/April). The Futurist, 24, 49.

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