Preventing Childhood Obesity in Early Care and Education Programs: Selected Standards From Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards - Softcover

American Academy Of Pediatrics; American Public Health Association; National Resource Center For Health And Safety In Child Care And Early Educ

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1610023560 ISBN 13: 9781610023566

Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics, 2019

Synopsis

This coveted resource provides the latest national standards describing evidence-based best practices in nutrition, physical activity, and screen time for early care and education programs. The standards are for all types of early care and education settings--centers and family child care homes. These updated standards are a part of the new comprehensive Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, 4th Edition.

New in the 3rd Edition
Updated Standards Covering

• Active Opportunities for Physical Activity
• Playing Outdoors
• Written Nutrition Plan
• Protection from Air Pollution While Children Are Outside
• Availability of Drinking Water
• Feeding Plans and Dietary Modifications
• Care for Children with Food Allergies
• Preparing, Feeding, and Storing Human Milk and Infant Formula
• Feeding Human Milk to Another Mother's Child
• Cleaning and Sanitizing Equipment Used for Bottle Feeding
• Feeding Age-Appropriate Solid Foods to Infants
• Plus much more...

About this title

About the Author:

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is an organization of 67,000 primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists dedicated to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults. The AAP is the largest pediatric publisher in the world, with a diverse list of resources that includes essential clinical and practice management titles and award-winning books for parents.

 

About this edition

• Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1610023560
• ISBN 13: 9781610023566
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 72