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Continuing Quality Improvement Plans (CQI) ($)
Should nutrition be a CQI plan within your Head Start program? Yes! Learn what a CQI plan is and why having a CQI plan goal of decreasing your students BMI is important for your program. Get steps on how to create the right nutrition assessment and how Farm to Early Care implementation can play a vital role in decreasing your students’ BMI.
Read MoreFarm to Keiki: Healthy Eating Habits Take Root Early
Farm to early care and education can help foster children’s learning and exposure to new foods and is a fun way to make education and exploration come alive. Discover how simple nutrition education activities get children excited about new foods, hear about best practices and stories of how it can empower children, families, and providers, and learn how to create a year-long program that teaches children about nutrition, gardening, cooking and nature.
Read MoreCultural Sensitivity & Humility in Head Start ($)
Learn practical skills to building cultural competence in working with Head Start families, with a special focus on meal planning for diverse cultures and being sensitive to the needs and challenges of children from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Read MoreMake Every Bite Count with the Dietary Guidelines, 2020-2025
Learn more about USDA’s recently released Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 – our nation’s leading nutrition advice to help all Americans lead healthier lives. For the first time, the Dietary Guidelines includes specific recommendations for all life stages including infants and toddlers. Find out how to implement the Guidelines into your program.
Read MoreGet Kids Moving! Best Practices & Ideas for Physical Activities ($)
Learn why physical activity and nutrition are important topics for children and how to integrate these into every day learning opportunities. We’ll share best practices for, and look at the importance of, developing an action plan to incorporate physical activities into your program.
Read MoreFiber, Grains, Nutrition and Immunity ($)
Diets that contain all the food groups in their right balance together and include the right mix and types of whole and refined grain foods provide key nutrients known to bolster immunity. Hear about the many ‘players’ of the immune system, learn why aging and underlying conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and gut dysbiosis increase vulnerability to the COVID-19 virus, and discover how grain components can be important for building a strong immune system.
Read MoreCrediting Store-Bought Combination Baby Foods in the CACFP (Acreditación de alimentos combinados para bebés comprados en la tienda en el CACFP)
This webinar will show CACFP operators how to identify store-bought combination baby foods that may be served at reimbursable meals and snacks to infants. Attendees will have a chance to submit questions to the presenters and check their knowledge through interactive polling questions.
Este seminario web muestra a los operadores del CACFP cómo identificar los alimentos combinados para bebés comprados en la tienda que se pueden servir en comidas y meriendas/refrigerios reembolsables para bebés.
Read MoreUsing the Nutrition Facts Label in the CACFP (El uso de la etiqueta de información nutricional en el CACFP)
This webinar shows Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) operators how to use the Nutrition Facts label to identify items that may be served at reimbursable meals and snacks.
. Este seminario web muestra cómo usar la etiqueta de información nutricional para identificar alimentos que se pueden servir en comidas o meriendas reembolsables.
Read MoreCrediting Single Serving Packages of Grains in the CACFP (Cómo acreditar paquetes individuales de granos en el CACFP)
This webinar shows CACFP operators how to credit single-serving packages of grains toward a reimbursable meal or snack.
Este seminario web muestra a los operadores del Programa de Alimentos para el Cuidado de Niños y Adultos (CACFP) cómo acreditar paquetes individuales de granos que cuenten hacia una comida o merienda/refrigerio reembolsable.
Read MoreHealthy Eating for Families
Looking for ideas to help promote health and nutrition to the families you serve? We’ll share tips for promoting healthy eating through meal planning.
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