title: Advancing family health through the Garden of Eatin': on-site food gardens in early childhood education.
abstract: Nutritional practices develop over the life course. Developing healthy habits at an early age can contribute to combating increasing child obesity rates. Through a range of activities that rely on the presence of an on-site food garden, North Bay Children's Center (NBCC), an early childhood education program, has enacted a "culture of health" into all aspects of the curriculum to promote healthy eating practices among children, families, teachers and staff. NBCC's garden program serves as a model in early childhood education and as a community-based intervention to improve family health and prevent child obesity.
authors.affiliation: Claudia Chaufan and Jarmin Yeh are with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco. Byron Sigal is the former associate director of North Bay Children's Center, San Francisco.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chaufan
authors.forename: Jarmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Byron
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sigal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D051639:Gardening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors