Supporting research on policy, systems, & environmental strategies to promote healthy eating among children, especially those at risk for poor nutrition.
Healthy eatingObesity preventionChildcareEarly yearsPolicy changeIn 2017, the provincial government of British Columbia (BC) implemented a mandatory policy outlining Active Play Standards (AP Standards) to increase physical activity (PA) levels, sedentary and motor skills among children attending licensed ...
"Our overarching goal has always been to better understand and promotehealthy eatingandphysical activityin areas where children live, play and learn. As researchers, we don't want to just work on papers; we want to have an impact," Professor Okely said. "At Early Start, we've been analyzi...
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From: Creating a healthy eating and active environment survey (CHEERS) for childcare: an inter-rater, intra-rater reliability and validity study Original Submission 28 May 2019 Submitted Original manuscript 12 Jul 2019 Reviewed Reviewer Report - Derek P. Hales 19 Jul 2019 Reviewed Reviewer Report ...
The Heart Foundation, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, offers two policy-based programmes for schools andearly childhood educationservices. These free programmes aim to create healthy environments for children and include improvements to the education environment to promote healthy eating and ...
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Farm to Child Care, 2012. http://www.iatp.org/issue/farm-to-childcare. Timmons BW, Proudfoot NA, MacDonald MJ, Bray SR, Cairney J. The health outcomes and physical activity in preschoolers (HOPP) study: rationale and design. BMC Public Health 20...
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This study aimed to identify individual and socio-ecological barriers in managing healthy eating among low-income children from the perspective of community childcare (CCC) center workers (n = 18) through focus group interviews. They perceived the increase in obesity among low-income children. The ...
17. Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. Farm to Child Care, 2012. http:// www.iatp.org/issue/farm-to-childcare. 18. Timmons BW, Proudfoot NA, MacDonald MJ, Bray SR, Cairney J. The health outcomes and physical activity in preschoolers (HOPP) study: ratio- ...