Preventing Childhood Obesity in Early Care and Education Programs

Preventing Childhood Obesity in Early Care and Education  is the new set of national standards describing evidence-based best practices in nutrition, physical activity, and screen time, for early care and education programs. The standards are for all types of early care and education settings – centres and family child care homes. These updated standards are a part of the new comprehensive Caring for Our Children:: National Health and Safety Performance Standards:: Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, Third Edition . New since first edition:: Updated all MyPyramid references to MyPlate. Playing Outdoors standard updated. Areas of coverage.