Baker College
Research Guides
ECE 1310: Healthy Environments for Early Childhood
Nutrition for Preschoolers
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Access With Education Improves Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Preschool ChildrenObjective To compare effects of interventions aimed at increasing fruit and vegetable (FV) intake in children.
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Head Start Centers Can Influence Healthy Behaviors: Evaluation of a Nutrition and Physical Activity Educational InterventionBecause healthy habits are established early in life, it is important to teach young children about foods that contribute to a healthy diet. One of...
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How to promote healthy eating in preschool children: Evidence from an associative conditioning procedure with non-food stimuliGiven the increasing rates and severe consequences of childhood obesity, how to encourage children to eat low-calorie and healthy foods is an important question. Building...
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Impact of a Montessori‐Based Nutrition Program on Children's Knowledge and Eating Behaviors.Poor dietary habits in childhood can lead to obesity and chronic diseases later in life. Increasing children's nutrition knowledge and liking of fruits and vegetables....
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Preschooler NutritionChoose low-fat or lean meats and poultry. Vary your protein routine. Choose more fish, nuts, seeds, peas, and beans. Oils are not a food group, yet some ...
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USDA MyPlate Nutrition Information for PreschoolersIt's important for preschoolers to eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, grains, protein foods, and dairy and fortified soy alternatives. Choose options for ...
Sanitation
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Childcare Food Handling Employees' Perceived Barriers and Motivators to Follow Food Safety PracticesEach year millions of children are enrolled in center-based childcare. Childcare employees are tasked with handling over half the children's weekly meals. Proper food handling...
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Effectiveness of a hand hygiene program to reduce acute gastroenteritis at child care centers: A cluster randomized trial.• Evaluates a 3-group (hand sanitizer, handwashing, control) hand hygiene program's effectiveness to reduce AGE in children. • Examines DCC-staff and parent hand hygiene health...
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How To Clean and Disinfect Early Care and Education SettingsSanitize items by either boiling, steaming, or using a weakened bleach solution. · After sanitizing, place items on a clean, unused dish towel or ...
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WASH from the START: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education in Preschool.Framed by a social practice perspective, this article presents a theoretical, political, and practical rationale for implementing and expanding water, sanitation and hygiene education (WASH) ...
Communicable Diseases
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A scoping review to identify the type and effect of hand hygiene interventions on the reduction of infectious diseases (including COVID-19) in preschool children.Proper handwashing can reduce the burden of diseases related to hand hygiene (HH) and so contribute reducing under-5 mortality. Preschoolers can benefit from HH interventions...
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International Responses to COVID-19: Challenges Faced by Early Childhood ProfessionalsThe COVID-19 pandemic has caused a world crisis of an unprecedented nature. In March 2020, due to closing of non-essential private and public educational institutions,...
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Managing Communicable Diseases in Schools | Michigan.govMichigan Communicable Disease Rules state “Primary schools, secondary schools, preschools, camps, or child daycares must report to their local health ...
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Top 12 Contagious Diseases in PreschoolHighly contagious. Chickenpox is one of the most common infections of childhood. It is rarely a serious health threat to otherwise healthy ...
