Bureau of Community Food and Nutrition Assistance

Eat Smart 1: Childhood Obesity and Missouri Eat Smart Child Care

Eat Smart 2: Setting the Stage for a Healthy Nutrition Environment

Eat Smart 3: Planning to Become a Missouri Eat Smart Child Care

Updates/revisions Updated forms No longer have list of Approved Cereals Replaced MyPyramid with MyPlate

Socializing Healthy Habits in Young Children: Physical Activity Currently in progress of developing

Physical Activity Guidelines▪ Plan to implement sometime in 2013▪ Align with Missouri Eat Smart Child Care▪ Will replace Socializing Healthy Habits for

Physical Activity

Updates/revisions Replaced MyPyramid with MyPlate

Nutrition 101 Helping Kids Grow Up Healthy

Supporting Breastfeeding Families in Child Care

Menu Magic – Menu Planning for Child Care

Align messages with Eat Smart Guidelines Do not provide candy as a “prize” in

Breastfeeding Bingo Discuss disadvantages along with the

advantages of ready-prepared food (do not want to portray the image that we support ready-prepared, processed foods)

Provide healthful suggestions, such as spreading hummus on whole grain crackers (instead of spreading butter or jelly on toast)

Approved “Standardized Children’s Health Promotions” may be used at any time and submitted for reimbursement

Children’s Health Promotions that have not been approved must be submitted to Ann McCormack, Bureau Chief prior to the event for approval before reimbursement can occur

Department Standardized Health Issue Training OrganWise Guys: “Taking a Healthy Break!” OrganWise Guys: Happy Healthy Hearts

Cape Girardeau County Getting Fit with your Food Friends

Clinton County OrganWise Guys- All Hearts Need Love

Madison County MyPlate Children’s Program

Montgomery County MyPlate

Putnam County Childhood Exercise

Prior list is currently approved

Will eventually combine the current Health Promotion trainings into 3 standardized categories: MyPlate Physical Activity Heart Health

With family style meals, all meal components need to be present at meal time

HOWEVER…. Division of Responsibility Children decide how much or IF he/she

chooses to eat▪ Do not have to have every component on plate▪ May choose to not eat anything

Adults actively encourage children to try all foods.▪ NEVER force!

Handout on Family Style Meals

Trainings have been changed to reflect ChooseMyPlate instead of MyPyramid

Make sure all messages are consistent with the Eat Smart Guidelines Do not send mixed messages

Encourage use of whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats

Limit the use and encouragement of consuming sweetened items (candy, juice, sugar sweetened beverages, sweet breakfast/snack foods)

Suggest healthful celebration ideas

DO NOT change the trainings to any format or version that differs from the approved

Make sure to use the EXACT version, available on the Intranet

Do not change the delivered message to your own

HandoutDistrict Boundaries

Central Northwestern Southwestern Eastern Southeastern

Ann McCormack, MPH, RD- Bureau Chief ann.mccormack@health.mo.gov

Denise Redmon- Nutrition Specialist denise.redmon@health.mo.gov

Sarah Gaines, MS, RD, LD- Nutrition Consultant sarah.gaines@health.mo.gov

573-751-6269 800-733-6251