CE220 Unit 4: Overview of Healthy Childhood Nutrition Instructor: Nicole Rios Please have your textbook nearby. Feel free to chat with each other. We will start class at 8 PM ET!

Good nutrition from the start! Newborns feel the effects of our eating habits even before they are born! –Implications? The rate of growth and development during the first year of life are more rapid than any other period in life (Allen & Marotz, 2007) –Implications?

ECP’s Role in Infant Feeding Bottle feedings (whether breast milk or formula) –preparations –Schedule –Amounts –Positioning and Social interaction Solids (what and when to introduce) –Developmental and physiological readiness –Follow instructions from family (and pediatrician) –Pay attention to their cues for hunger and satiety! (Marotz, p )

ECP’s Role in Toddler & Young Children’s Feeding Make it fun and nutritious! Use Food Guide Pyramid Read labels Have a schedule for eating Get them involved –Do Food Guide Pyramid activities –Do baking/cooking activities Set a good example!

Field Trip Right click on the link below and click on open hyperlink and you will be taken to a web site to browse ideas for making healthy food fun for kids. Meet back here in 5 minutes ready to share an idea you might use with your own children or the ones you care for.

Seminar DQ #1: Your own health habits Are you physically active? What are your most frequent food choices? How could you improve your eating habits?

Seminar DQ #2: Modeling Which of your behaviors are the young children in your care modeling? What are some suggestions that will make your influence most positive?

Unit 6 Project It is really important to make children aware of healthy choices to make when it comes to food. There are many delicious snacks and meals for young children that can give them the nutrients necessary for their growth and development. There are many advertisements that portray not so healthy snacks to be wonderful for children. It is important that healthier snacks are advertised as well. This project will give you two opportunities to encourage children to make these healthy choices.

Unit 6 Project Part 1 1) You are going to be create an advertisement – –*Please feel free to be as creative as possible, but make sure to cite your sources. If you use clip art, using the pictures from Microsoft Word is the best choice – –**If you click on the circles on the top of the flyer, you can add clip art to make the flyer more attractive.

Unit 6 Project Part 2 You'll finish creating a 5-day menu for the age group of your choice. Your menu will include alternative choices for children with wheat and nut allergies and for vegetarian children. The menu you create will be based on the USDA Food Guide Pyramid for children. Your menu will be created by filling out the form provided and submitting the form by the end of Unit 6. Read Chapter 19 of your text, pp , for information on creating your own original menu. You also may visit these sites for help: USDA Resource List: – – – – Food allergies: – – Vegetarian/vegan diets: – –

Weekly Reminders Read Web Resources Discussion Board: –Post responses to discussion questions –Participate in meaningful dialogue with your classmates throughout the unit Start Unit 6 Project Post response to Seminar Option 2 IF you do not attend seminar Learning Activities Graded Review

Weekly Quote Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach." ~Albert Einstein

References Marotz, Lynn (2009). Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child. Clifton Park: Thomson Delmar Learning.