1. Cooking Matters for Child Care Professionals
Kayla Anderson MPH, RDN, LDN

2. Partnerships
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3. Program Goal
Cooking Matters for Child Care Professional is designed to encourage providers to prepare healthy, low-cost meals and snacks for kids.
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4. Program Overview 2 day statewide trainings includes:
Lecture
Hands on activities
Skill practice
Meal prep.
Incentive program for participating centers
Outcomes Tracking
Pre and post menu matrix
Self-report knowledge and behavior change surveys.
Cooking Matters Presentation

5. Menus Pre-Training
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6. Menu Matrix Standards Positive Points Negative Points
1 point for each of the following items:
Grain
Protein
Fruit
Vegetable
1 point for lean protein
1 point for whole grains
1 point for all MyPlate components (fruit, non-starchy vegetable, lean protein, whole grain, and non-fat dairy)
-1 point for processed foods/ convenience items:
Poptarts, chicken nuggets, cookies, tater tots
-1 for juice or jello replacing/count as fruit
-1 for flavored milk or milk shake replacing non-fat/1% milk
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7. Menu Analysis Example Pre-Training Post-Training
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8. Post-Analysis Results
45% are serving more vegetables in their daycare
50% are serving more fruits in their daycare
41% are serving more whole grains in their daycare
27% are serving more lean meat, chicken, or fish in their daycare
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9. Post-Analysis Results
32% are serving more low-fat or fat-free milk in their daycare
64% are serving more water in their daycare
85% improved their cooking skills
100% plan to share info learned
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