Learning Resources
Required Resources
Course Text:
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Safety, Nutrition, and Health in Early Education (5th ed.)
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- Chapter 6, œBasic Nutrition in Early Childhood Education Environments (pp. 212−250)
- Chapter 8, œProviding Good Nutrition for Diverse Children (pp. 290−330)
Note: Peruse the following Web sites and online articles. You will need to refer to these resources when completing your Discussion and Application Assignment.
Web Sites:
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Fruits and Veggies: More Matters
http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/ -
USDA Healthy Meals Resource System: Nutrition Education
(This page provides links to several helpful Web sites on child nutrition and fitness.)
http://healthymeals.nal.usda.gov/resource-library/nutrition-education
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University
of Illinois Extension
: Food for Thought: Ideas for Parents of Preschoolershttp://urbanext.illinois.edu/foodforthought/
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USDA Food and Nutrition Service: State Agencies Administering the Child Nutrition Programs
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Contacts/StateDirectory.htm
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Articles:
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2000, November). Nutrition and overweight. InHealthy people 2010 (2nd ed.) (Vol. 2). Retrieved fromwww.healthypeople.gov/2010/Document/pdf/Volume2/19Nutrition.pdf
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Bellows, L., & Anderson, J. (2006, May). The food friends: Encouraging preschoolers to try new foods. Beyond the Journal: Young Children on the Web. Retrieved from the Walden Library Using this link: http://auth.waldenulibrary.org/ezpws.exe?url=http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1038789371&sid=1&Fmt=4&clientId=70192&RQT=309&VName=PQD
Obstacles to Good Nutrition
Children in the United States face significant obstacles to good nutrition. This is due in part to the increased consumption of fast food.
Review Chapter 6 in your text, particularly the section titled œReality Check: How Is America Eating: Do We Fulfill Our Nutritional Needs? as well as the articles and Web sites listed in this week™s Learning Resources. Drawing on these resources, what you have learned in the course so far, and your own observations of current lifestyle trends, consider the following:
- Current obstacles to good nutrition for young children
- Knowledge and approaches adults committed to the well-being of children can take to overcome these obstacles
With these thoughts in mind:
By Day 3:
Post a response to the following:
- Identify at least two obstacles to good nutrition for young children and social, economic, and/or historical forces that have brought about or contributed to these obstacles.
- Describe how early childhood advocates and professionals might offset/overcome these obstacles.
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- Current obstacles to good nutrition for young children
