Nutrition Services Are a Health Equity Intervention
Comprehensive nutrition services in Head Start programs can improve child and family health outcomes. This video explores how to address disparities through nutrition services.
Nutrition
Good nutrition is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Eating healthy foods helps pregnant women and children get the nutrients their bodies need to stay healthy, active, and strong. Health managers and program staff can explore resources to support healthy eating habits and find nutrition assistance information to share with families.
Responsive Feeding Tool for Home Visitors
Home visitors and others who work with families can use this resource to share information about responsive feeding, help families set up a positive eating environment, and look for responsive feeding behaviors.
Healthy Feeding from the Start for Expectant Families
Share this resource to help explain responsive feeding to expectant families. They can also learn about how it supports healthy eating practices for babies and young children.
Child Feeding Practices
Setting up mealtimes as a chance to learn builds a child’s health, development, and social skills. Learn how positive eating environments, responsive feeding, and family style dining help form lifelong good habits.
Engaging Families in Head Start Programs and WIC
This video discusses strategies to help families join and engage in WIC. Find out how WIC and Head Start programs can coordinate professional development opportunities for Head Start nutrition and health staff.
Nutrition and Physical Activity
In this chapter of the Health Manager Orientation Guide, learn about the health manager’s role in helping programs meet the nutritional and physical activity needs of each child.
Child Feeding Practices
This section of the Health Manager Orientation Guide describes how health managers support child feeding practices.
Nutrition Staff and Consultants
This section of the Health Manager Orientation Guide describes how health managers work with nutrition staff and consultants to develop nutrition services.
Caring for Children with Food Allergies
Food allergies can be serious, and it is important that caregivers know how to help care for children who have them. Explore tips and information about food allergies and intolerances here.
Obesity in Children
Childhood obesity increases the likelihood of adulthood obesity. Explore these tips for creating a positive eating environment and using movement as a learning tool.