American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 537-540 , December 2009

Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies and Practices in Family Child Care Homes

  • Stewart G. Trost, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Stewart G. Trost, PhD, Department of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, 203D Women's Building, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR 97331
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  • Lana Messner, MS, Ed

      Affiliations

    • Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, Salinas, Kansas
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  • Karen Fitzgerald, MS, RD

      Affiliations

    • Kansas Nutrition Network, Wichita, Kansas
    • ,
  • Barbara Roths, BS, RD

      Affiliations

    • Kansas Nutrition Network, Wichita, Kansas

References 

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  2. Johnson JO. Who's minding the kids? Child care arrangements: winter 2002. Washington DC: U.S. Census Bureau; 2005;
  3. Fees B, Trost SG, Bopp M, Dzewaltowski DA. Physical activity programming in family child care homes: providers' perceptions of practices and barriers. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2009;41:268–273
  4. Story M, Kaphingst K, French S. The role of child care settings in obesity prevention. Future Child. 2006;16(1):143–168
  5. Benjamin SE, Neelon B, Ball SC, Bangdiwala SI, Ammerman AS, Ward DS. Reliability and validity of a nutrition and physical activity environmental self-assessment for child care. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2007;4:29
  6. Story M. Promoting good nutrition and physical activity in child-care settings: a research brief. Princeton NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; 2007;
  7. Pate RR, Pfeiffer KA, Trost SG, Ziegler P, Dowda M. Physical activity among children attending preschools. Pediatrics. 2004;114(5):1258–1263
  8. Alhassan S, Sirard JR, Robinson TN. The effects of increasing outdoor play time on physical activity in Latino preschool children. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2007;2(3):153–158
  9. Trost SG, Roth B, Fitzgerald K, Messner L. Physical activity among 2- to 4-year-old children attending family child care homes. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2008;40(5S):S86

PII: S0749-3797(09)00594-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.09.020

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 6 , Pages 537-540 , December 2009

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