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Does Reducing Calories in Foods for Preschoolers Affect How They Eat?

August 30, 2010 | Program Results Report

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University College of Health and Human Development tested the effect of changes in foods provided by day-care centers to their pre-schoolers.

Child-Care Settings Before Kindergarten are Related to Kids' Obesity

March 22, 2010 | Program Results Report

Researchers found that children in family, friend and neighbor care the year before kindergarten were more likely to be obese at the start of kindergarten than children in parent care.

Preventing Obesity in the Child Care Setting

December 9, 2009 | Report

Report authors encouraged states to adopt specific regulations for child care, using those developed by a team of experts and included in the report as a guide.

Pennsylvania Health Professionals Train Child Care Providers

June 1, 1998 | Program Results Report

The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (PA AAP) created a public-private partnership known as the Early Childhood Education Linkage System (ECELS) in 1989.

How Can Early Childhood Programs Best be Replicated?

July 1, 2002 | Program Results Report

Replication and Program Strategies, Philadelphia, held a conference in 2000 of funders of early childhood programs.

Pilot Program to Train Child Care Providers Stumbles; Only Curriculum Survives

December 1, 2001 | Program Results Report

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Ark. developed and tested a new training program called Educare for persons providing child care for infants and toddlers.

Way to Grow Program Meets Children's Health Needs to Prepare Them for School

October 1, 1997 | Program Results Report

Tynisha LaDuke's entry into kindergarten didn't seem like the kind of event that would get an article in the newspaper. A healthy, eager-to-learn five-year-old, she was exactly the kind of student every teacher hopes for.

Evaluation of School and Childcare Sector Strategies in Delaware

September 27, 2012 | Evaluation

In 2007, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded Nemours Health and Prevention Services a grant to monitor implementation of healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices in schools and child-care settings.

Evaluating the Impact of New Beverage Nutrition Standards in Licensed Childcare in California

March 1, 2013 | Report/Evaluation

California’s Healthy Beverages in Childcare Act was implemented in January 2012 to regulate beverages in licensed childcare centers. This report measures the impact of the policy on childcare practices.

Make Every Day a Healthy Day!: Sesame Workshop Distributes Nutrition and Physical Activity Kit to Child-Care Providers Serving Preschool Children

August 11, 2010 | Program Results Report

The Sesame Workshop distributed 14,000 copies of the Healthy Habits for Life Child Care Resource Kit in English and Spanish to home-based child care providers to help them integrate nutrition and physical activity into their daily routines.

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