1. Celebrate!

2. Sharing Food Tasks Parent Responsibilities

3. Sharing Food Tasks  Sharing Food Tasks is a parenting concept that gives specific responsibilities to parents and to children.  It is also called “Division of Responsibility in the Feeding-Eating Relationship.”

4.  The basic structure:  Parents will decide what food is served and when it is served.  The child gets to decide how much of what is served to eat and whether or not to eat. Sharing Food Tasks

5.  Parents decide what food is served.  It is important to serve a wide variety of foods.  No one food group is more important than another, and foods in one group cannot replace foods in another.  The key is moderation and variety.

6.  There should be at least one thing at every meal that the child likes to eat.  Children may like one food more than another - that is ok!  You are not a short order cook – you should fix one meal for your entire family. Tips - Planning Meals and Snacks

7.  The child should decide how much to eat of each food that is served.  The child should decide whether or not to eat.  If a particular food doesn’t go over well the first time, don’t get discouraged, try again.  Continue to offer a variety of healthy foods at each meal. Tips - Planning Meals and Snacks

8. Importance of Family Mealtimes  Families that eat together tend to have children who are better nourished and less likely to be overweight.  Children learn how and what to eat from their parents.

9.  Tips for making family mealtimes pleasant.  Try to eat together as a family whenever possible even though children may have different schedules.  Avoid using meal times to handle problems.  Focus on positive conversation, what your children did that day, what happened that was good. Importance of Family Mealtimes

10. Sharing Food Tasks  Parents decide when to eat.  Eating should happen at set times.  It is not a good idea to let children eat all day long. This is called grazing.  If they graze, it is harder to have healthy snacks and meal time foods on hand.  It also reduces the chances that children will eat the healthy food options at snack and meal times.  When children snack throughout the day, they may not learn to recognize when they are full.  They may overeat and may become overweight.

11.  Importance of Sticking to the Schedule  Children should not eat while they play.  It increases the risk of choking.  Eating at set times allows an adult to be on hand to supervise the eating.  This reduces the risk of choking. Sharing Food Tasks

12.  Importance of Sticking to the Schedule  If a child is thirsty between snacks/meals, offer water.  Do not allow children to fill up on milk, juice, soft drinks, or fruit drinks.  This may reduce their hunger at meal times and they may not choose healthy food options.  Water is less expensive than most other drink choices, and so it can help stretch your food budget. Sharing Food Tasks

13.  Highlights  Children should eat only at designated snack and meal times.  Children should drink water between meal and snack times.  These are cost effective ways to stretch your food budget. Sharing Food Tasks

14. Child Responsibilities

15. Sharing Food Tasks  Babies know when they are full and so they stop eating.  Toddlers and preschoolers know this, too, unless they are taught by an adult to continue eating.  Ex. Clean your plate, eat all your vegetables, etc.  Even the most well-meaning adult can teach a child to overeat by encouraging them to eat more of any food, no matter how healthy.

16.  Children decide how much to eat.  Children know when they are full.  When parents tell a child to continue eating, it is confusing to the child.  Sometimes a child is very hungry, sometimes a child is not at all hungry.  Sometimes there is one food at a meal that the child wants to eat a lot of, other meals may have a different food that the child eats. This is ok.  Children go through growth spurts where they need a lot of food, and then have times where they have a low appetite.  If you offer a wide variety of healthy foods from all food groups regularly, they will get the right amount of food. Sharing Food Tasks

17.  Children have smaller stomachs than adults, so portions sizes are smaller. A child-size portion may be:  1 slice of bread or ½ a tortilla,  A small cup of milk  A few small bit size pieces of meat  A few tablespoons of rice or chopped vegetables Tips - Letting a child choose how much to eat:

18.  Serve small portions of each food and let the child taste it. If they eat it all and want more, serve a second small portion.  If you serve many healthy items, the child may get full with trying the different items.  Do not assume they haven’t eaten enough simply because they didn’t eat all of each portion you gave them. Tips - Letting a child choose how much to eat:

19.  Children know when they are full unless you teach them otherwise. Let them be your guide.  Children won’t starve by eating less at one meal or one snack time; they will eat more at another meal or snack to balance it out. Tips - Letting a child choose how much to eat:

20.  Do not bribe or force children to eat.  Do not use television, games, toys, candy, or dessert to get them to eat foods.  Do not punish a child if she doesn’t eat.  Do not withhold food from a child as punishment. Tips - Letting a child choose how much to eat:

21.  Children decide whether or not to eat.  Children should decide if they want to eat or not.  If they don’t want to eat, it is ok.  Skipping an occasional meal or snack will not hurt a child. Sharing Food Tasks

22.  Children decide whether or not to eat.  A child should join in family meal times regardless of whether or not they are eating. This teaches the child that family mealtimes are important.  If a child chooses not to eat at a meal or snack time, do not give them food until the next meal/snack time.  This reinforces that if they are hungry, they should eat when food is available at the designated time. Sharing Food Tasks

23.  Children decide whether or not to eat.  Children may choose to “test” parents by throwing fits and crying about how hungry they are between meal times/snack times.  This is normal and often happens in the beginning, when Sharing Food Tasks is new to a family.  Remind the child that he chose not to eat at the last meal/snack time.  Reminding him that he can eat again at the next meal/snack time may help.  Children often use eating behaviors as a way to get attention or manipulate parents. Using Sharing Food Tasks can help reduce this type of behavior. Sharing Food Tasks

24.  Highlights  Children should eat only at the designated snack and meal times.  Children can choose whether or not to eat. Not eating is ok.  Children should still sit with the family at meal times even if they have chosen not to eat.  Bribes or punishments should not be coupled with eating.

25.  Highlights  If a child chooses not to eat, do not give in to fits or exclamations of hunger between the designated food times. The child will be ok until the next meal.  Children may “test” parents when Sharing Food Tasks is first started. This is ok. It will resolve if you stick to it.  Sharing Food Tasks works!  It provides guidelines and expectations which is good for the parent-child relationship. Sharing Food Tasks

26. Get Moving! Review of Lesson One

27. Get Moving!  In Lesson 1 we learned:  The information in the ESBA lesson series is based on health and nutrition research.  These lessons will help families plan healthy meals and snacks.  Being active is important.

28. Get Moving!  The goal of this lesson:  All participants can find ways to be physically active at a level that is comfortable and advisable for them.

29. Plan, Shop, $ave Review of Lesson Two

30. Plan, Shop, $ave  In Lesson 2 we learned:  How to plan meals and snacks  How to use shopping lists  Comparing prices can save time, stretch food dollars and help increase food security for many families.

31.  The goal of this lesson:  To help families learn to plan and shop for meals and snacks that are healthy AND within their budget. Plan, Shop, $ave

32. Fruits & Veggies Half Your Plate Review of Lesson Three

33. Fruits & Veggies  In Lesson 3 we learned:  Vegetables and fruits provide nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and fiber.  How to increase the amount and variety of vegetables and fruits in family meals and snacks.  How to save money when shopping for vegetables and fruits.

34.  The goal of this lesson:  To help families increase the amount and variety of vegetables and fruits eaten daily. Fruits & Veggies

35. Make Half Your Grains Whole Review of Lesson Four

36. Make Half Your Grains Whole  In Lesson 4 we learned:  What whole grains are  That whole grains help keep us healthy  How to choose whole grains at least half the time

37.  The goal of this lesson:  To help families find ways to choose whole grains at least half of the time. Make Half Your Grains Whole

38. Build Strong Bones Review of Lesson Five

39. Build Strong Bones  In Lesson 5 we learned:  The importance of calcium in building strong bones  Dairy foods are the best sources of calcium  How to choose dairy foods wisely (low fat or non-fat foods)  Both calcium and physical activity are important for bone health.

40.  The goal of the lesson:  To help families find ways to get enough calcium by choosing low-fat and non-fat dairy foods, and other foods that are high in calcium. Build Strong Bones

41. Go Lean with Protein Review of Lesson Six

42.  In Lesson 6 we learned:  What foods are in the protein group  The protein group provides valuable nutrients: protein, iron, etc.  There are plant sources of proteins which can help lower saturated fat intake.  How to choose low-fat/lean proteins and appropriate portion sizes.  When handling the protein food group, the food safety practice of “clean, separate, cook, and chill” is an easy way to reduce food borne illness. Go Lean with Protein

43.  The goal of this lesson:  To help families find ways to choose low-fat and lean proteins and to handle proteins safely, reducing the risk of food borne illness.

44. Make a Change Review of Lesson Seven

45. Make a Change  In Lesson 7 we learned:  Eating less fat, sugar and salt is important for improving our health and reducing our risk of developing chronic diseases  Ex. heart disease, diabetes and some cancers  A main source of added sugars in our diets are soft drinks/sodas, fruit drinks and other sweetened beverages.

46.  We practiced:  Choosing foods/beverages that are lower in fat, sugar and salt  Reading Nutrition Facts Labels  To see which foods were higher in fat  To find out the sugar content of soft drinks and sweetened beverages Make a Change

47.  The goal of the lesson:  To help families find ways to choose foods wisely by selecting those that are lower in sugar, fat and salt. Make a Change

48. CONGRATULATIONS! You have completed the ESBA Follow-up Training!

49.  Take a moment to reflect on all that you have learned and how you have started to apply that to your job.  Think about how those changes will help improve the health of the participants you teach! CONGRATULATIONS!