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Food Program Participation Influences Nutrition Practices In Early Care And Education Settings, Bethany D. Williams, Susan B. Sisson, Irene Padasas, Dipti Dev
Food Program Participation Influences Nutrition Practices In Early Care And Education Settings, Bethany D. Williams, Susan B. Sisson, Irene Padasas, Dipti Dev
Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications
Objective: To determine differences by Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) participation on nutrition requirements and best practices and barriers to implementing both in early care and education programs (ECEs) stratified by context (centers vs home-based ECEs).
Design: Cross-sectional survey.
Setting: Three-thousand and fourteen licensed Nebraska ECEs in 2017.
Participants: One-thousand three hundred forty-five ECEs.
Main Outcome Measures: Director-reported nutrition practices in classrooms serving children aged 2-5 years (8 requirements for foods served, 5 best practices for foods served, and 14 best practices for mealtime behaviors).
Analysis: Chi-square analysis adjusted for multiple comparisons.
Results: Of the sample, 86.8% participated …