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Impact Report
| For plan | KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (McKinley County Nutrition Plan of Work ) |
| Date | October 31, 2011, 10:03 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | The Navajo Nation Child Care and Development Fund Program Childhood obesity as become the number concern everywhere. The number of children who are overweight has grown tremendously in the last 10 years. Providing healthy meals for growing children and teaching them how to choose healthy foods is one way of preventing obesity. Nutrition educators provide different nutrition topics to help child care providers plan and prepare healthy meals for the children under their care. Thirty seven participants learned how to prepare healthy snacks with allowable food items. Nutrition educators have been given a list of creditable and non-creditable foods for day care centers. After preparing the snacks they were allowed to taste and provide input about the recipes they did or didn’t like. One activity was designed to have participants use several odds and ends foods that are always on hand. This activity brought out the creativity in snack planning and many healthy combinations were presented. Participants were surprised that many common food items can be combined to taste good and be healthy at the same time. Evaluation was provided and by the agency and the results were mailed to the nutrition educator at a later date. |