Kimberly Kanechika

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Helping ur Keiki Eat Healthfully Happily

• Kimberly Kanechika
• University of Hawaii
• Cooperative Extension Service
• Hawaii Child Care Nutrition Program

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Agenda

• Memories with food
• Introduction to HCCNP
• LOKAHI Wheel
• Nutrition Meal Planning
• Healthy eating attitudes and
  behaviors

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Hawaii Child Care Nutrition Program

• Goals
• To provide
• assistance, support consultation to child care
  providers in meeting nutrition licensing
  requirements.
• foods nutrition education, training, technical
  assistance resources for licensed child care
  providers licensing staff.
• To collaborate and partner with agencies,
  projects and programs in order to promote quality
  nutrition services provided by licensed child
  care providers.

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Hawaii Child Care Nutrition Program

• Background

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http//www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/new/hccnp/
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Menu Review Flowchart
Provider
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LOKAHI WHEEL
http//academics.ksbe.edu/plan/ksipp/documents/lok
ahiwheel.jpg
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What is Nutrition?
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Nutrition is

• The act or process of nourishing or being
  nourished
• The sum of the processes by which an animal or
  plant takes in and utilizes food substances
• Websters Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary

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• Food Components

• Requirements
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Supper
• Snacks any 2

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Food Components Ages 1-2 Ages 3-5 Ages 6-12
1 milk fluid milk ½ cup ½ cup 1 cup
1 fruit and/or vegetable juice, fruit and/or vegetable ½ cup ½ cup ¾ cup
1 grains or bread bread or cornbread or biscuit or roll or muffin or cold dry cereal or hot cooked cereal or pasta or noodles or grains ½ slice ½ serving ¼ cup ¼ cup ¼ cup ½ slice ½ serving 1/3 cup ¼ cup ¼ cup 1 slice 1 serving ¾ cup ½ cup ½ cup
1 meat or meat alternate meat or poultry or fish4 or alternate protein product or cheese or egg or cooked dry beans or peas or peanut or other nut or seed butters or nuts and/or seeds or yogurt ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ 1/8 cup 1 Tbsp. ½ oz. 2 oz. ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ 1/8 cup 1 Tbsp. ½ oz. 2 oz. 1 oz. 1 oz. 1 oz. ½ ¼ cup 2 Tbsp. 1 oz. 4 oz.
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Food Components Ages 1-2 Ages 3-5 Ages 6-12
1 milk fluid milk ½ cup ½ cup 1 cup
1 fruit and/or vegetable juice, fruit and/or vegetable ½ cup ½ cup ¾ cup
1 grains or bread bread or cornbread or biscuit or roll or muffin or cold dry cereal or hot cooked cereal or pasta or noodles or grains ½ slice ½ serving ¼ cup ¼ cup ¼ cup ½ slice ½ serving 1/3 cup ¼ cup ¼ cup 1 slice 1 serving ¾ cup ½ cup ½ cup
1 meat or meat alternate meat or poultry or fish4 or alternate protein product or cheese or egg or cooked dry beans or peas or peanut or other nut or seed butters or nuts and/or seeds or yogurt ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ 1/8 cup 1 Tbsp. ½ oz. 2 oz. ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ 1/8 cup 1 Tbsp. ½ oz. 2 oz. 1 oz. 1 oz. 1 oz. ½ ¼ cup 2 Tbsp. 1 oz. 4 oz.
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Food Components Ages 1-2 Ages 3-5 Ages 6-12
1 milk fluid milk ½ cup ½ cup 1 cup
1 fruit and/or vegetable juice, fruit and/or vegetable ½ cup ½ cup ¾ cup
1 grains or bread bread or cornbread or biscuit or roll or muffin or cold dry cereal or hot cooked cereal or pasta or noodles or rice ½ slice ½ serving ¼ cup ¼ cup ¼ cup ½ slice ½ serving 1/3 cup ¼ cup ¼ cup 1 slice 1 serving ¾ cup ½ cup ½ cup
1 meat or meat alternate meat or poultry or fish or alternate protein product or cheese or egg or cooked dry beans or peas or peanut or other nut or seed butters or nuts and/or seeds or yogurt ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ 1/8 cup 1 Tbsp. ½ oz. 2 oz. ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ 1/8 cup 1 Tbsp. ½ oz. 2 oz. 1 oz. 1 oz. 1 oz. ½ ¼ cup 2 Tbsp. 1 oz. 4 oz.
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Food Components Ages 1-2 Ages 3-5 Ages 6-12
1 milk fluid milk ½ cup ½ cup 1 cup
1 fruit and/or vegetable juice, fruit and/or vegetable ½ cup ½ cup ¾ cup
1 grains or bread bread or cornbread or biscuit or roll or muffin or cold dry cereal or hot cooked cereal or pasta or noodles or grains ½ slice ½ serving ¼ cup ¼ cup ¼ cup ½ slice ½ serving 1/3 cup ¼ cup ¼ cup 1 slice 1 serving ¾ cup ½ cup ½ cup
1 meat or meat alternate meat or poultry or fish or alternate protein product or cheese or egg or cooked dry beans or peas or peanut or other nut or seed butters or nuts and/or seeds or yogurt ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ 1/8 cup 1 Tbsp. ½ oz. 2 oz. ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ oz. ½ 1/8 cup 1 Tbsp. ½ oz. 2 oz. 1 oz. 1 oz. 1 oz. ½ ¼ cup 2 Tbsp. 1 oz. 4 oz.
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What affects what and how children eat?

• Physical growth
• Social being development
• Fine motor skills development
• Environment

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Physical Growth
Height
Weight
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Social being development

• Parenting style
• Authoritative Authoritarian Permissive
• Family style meal
• Self-serve
• Role model
• Eat together

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Fine motor skills development

• 2 years
• Spoon
• Drink from cup

• 3 years
• Fork spoon
• Imitate cooking

• 4 years
• Peel some foods
• Help set the table

• 5 years
• Cut soft foods with dull knife

Timing of milestones may vary with each child.
Taken from www.mypyramid.gov
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Environment
stress

• Meal times _____ - free
• At home types of foods
• Focus on meal and each other
• Engage in conversation
• Incorporate new foods
• Variety
• Limit distractions

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Environment Age appropriate

• Child-sized utensils
• Fork with dull prongs
• Unbreakable dishes
• Small cup with broad base
• Comfortable height to table so feet are
  supported

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Whose responsibility is it?

• Caregivers
• Menu
• Environment
• When to eat
• Role modeling

• Child
• What to eat
• How much to eat

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Does this sound familiar?

• Will only eat
• Will not eat
• Always needs to ___ with foods.
• Any others?

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Safety Choking Hazards

• Hot dogs
• Whole grapes, cherries
• Raw vegetables
• Raisins
• Nuts and seeds
• Chunks of meat or cheese, peanut butter
• Popcorn
• Hard, gooey, sticky candy, gum

Recommendations from the American Academy of
Pediatrics http//www.aap.org/publiced/br_choking
.htm
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Safety Common food allergens

• Milk
• Eggs
• Fish (bass, flounder, cod)
• Crustacean shellfish (crab, lobster, shrimp)

• Tree nuts (almonds, walnuts, pecans)
• Peanuts
• Wheat
• Soybeans

http//www.cfsan.fda.gov/dms/wh-alrgy.html
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Positive Healthy Eating Attitudes
Nutrition Checklist
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• Any Questions?

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Contact Information

• Hawaii Child Care Nutrition Program
• 1955 East-West Road, 306
• Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email hccnp_at_hawaii.edu
• Contact Person
• Kimberly Kanechika
• http//www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/new/hccnp/

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References

• American Academy Of Pediatrics, American Public
  Health Association, and National Resource Center
  for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early
  Education (2002). Caring for Our Children
  National Health and Safety Performance Standards
  Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs,
  2nd edition. Elk Grove Village, IL American
  Academy of Pediatrics and Washington, DC
  American Public Health Association. Also
  available at http//nrckids.org.
• Farber, B. (1999). Guiding Young Childrens
  Behavior Helpful Ideas for Parents Teachers
  from 28 Early Childhood Experts. Cutchogue, NY
  Preschool Publications.
• Kleinman, R.E. (Ed.). (2004). Pediatric Nutrition
  Handbook (5th ed.). American Academy of
  Pediatrics.
• Satter, E. (1987). How to Get Your Kid to
  EatBut Not Too Much. Palo Alto, CA Bull
  Publishing Company.