Advancing Family Health Through the Garden of Eatin’: On-site Food Gardens in Early Childhood Education.

• Autores: Claudia Chaufan, Jarmin Yeh, Byron Sigal
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 105, Nº. 4, 2015, págs. 625-628
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]