title: Nutrition standards in child care programs: technical support paper. The American Dietetic Association.
abstract: ADA supports achievement of comprehensive nutrition standards in child care programs. The standards recommended here focus on meeting the child's nutrition needs and providing a safe and pleasant environment that promotes acquisition of habits that prevent disease and enable healthy growth and development. Nutrition and health professionals can play a powerful role in advocating and assisting the acceptance of child care nutrition standards by parents, caregivers, foodservice personnel, and directors and policy makers for child care programs.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002656:Child Day Care Centers / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D053198:Child Nutrition Sciences / Q000193:education; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004045:Dietary Services; D005522:Food Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014481:United States