Do childcare services provide foods in line with the 2013 Australian dietary guidelines? a cross-sectional study. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2014;38:595-6.Yoong, S.L.; Skelton, E.; Jones, J.; Wolfenden, L. Do childcare services provide foods in line with the 2013 Australian dietary ...
Researchers at The University of Queensland have found meals provided in early education and childcare centers in some low socio-economic communities are not meeting national dietary recommendations. Ad Dr. Bonnie Searle from the Queensland Brain Institute led a study of 55 mealtimes at 10 Queensland...
Diet quality tools provide researchers with brief methods to assess the nutrient adequacy of usual dietary intake. This study describes the development and validation of a pediatric diet quality index, the Australian Recommended Food Scores for Pre-schoolers (ARFS-P), for use with children aged two...
Also, a wide range of early childcare services exist, and DET preschools comprise only a minority of these. This may have implications on the external validity of findings depending on the food policies of other providers. Finally, while the field work was conducted by 10 research officers, ...
Given the nutritional density of typical traditional foods this is a valuable strategy, and it is not surprising then that research has found increased dietary quality in association with increased access to traditional foods among children in childcare centres in remote Indigenous communities in Canada...
Diet quality tools provide researchers with brief methods to assess the nutrient adequacy of usual dietary intake. This study describes the development and validation of a pediatric diet quality index, the Australian Recommended Food Scores for Pre-schoolers (ARFS-P), for use with children aged two...
If effective, the menu box delivery will provide an easy strategy for childcare cooks to implement a centre menu that meets menu planning guidelines and improves child intake of five food group foods, including vegetables. Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the Flinders University ...
Diet quality tools provide researchers with brief methods to assess the nutrient adequacy of usual dietary intake. This study describes the development and validation of a pediatric diet quality index, the Australian Recommended Food Scores for Pre-schoolers (ARFS-P), for use with children aged two...
Accurate and consistent dietary assessment methods are required to determine compliance with dietary guidelines and to provide rigour for comparison between studies.doi:10.1186/s12937-019-0462-2Ros SambellRuth WallaceLeesa CostelloJohnny LoAmanda Devine...
People living with mental health conditions experience a reduced life expectancy largely due to a higher prevalence of chronic diseases. Addressing health risk behaviours, including tobacco smoking, inadequate nutrition, harmful alcohol consumption, and