Lady Gowrie Child Centre Start Right to Eat Right and Move Right Nutrition and Physical Activity in

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Lady Gowrie Child CentreStart Right to Eat
Right and Move RightNutrition and Physical
Activity in Day Care

• Helen Broderick

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Setting the Scene

• Numbers in long day care
• State Regulations
• Accreditation

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Eating in Child care

• Influence on childrens food habits
• Attitudes to food
• Food Choices
• Contribution to daily Nutrition intake

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Child Care and Play

• Child Care and Play
• Development theory
• Cognition
• Social
• Emotional
• Physical

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Support mechanisms

• QIAS Regulations
• Staff skills and knowledge
• Projects
• Start Right Eat Right
• Sharing a picture
• Food Facts

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Communicating the message to the families

• Enrolments
• Parent participation
• Health Information

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Whats still needed

• Ongoing Support
• Further support
• Coordinated sustained approach

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