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Nutrition and Food Safety

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One way to cut out sugar and caffeine from your child's diet is to eliminate soda or pop. Offer water, flavored seltzer, or diluted juice as beverages. *

Nutrition

Bright Futures.
Nutrition Family Fact Sheets. 2002.
www.brightfutures.org/nutritionfamfact/index.html

Nemours Foundation.
Caffeine, Fat, Sugar, and Your Child. 2001.
www.kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_fit/nutrition/caffeine.html

Nemours Foundation.
Diabetes & Nutrition.
www.kidshealth.org/parent/managing_diabetes/index.html#
Diabetes_&_Nutrition

Nemours Foundation.
Healthy Mealtime Habits. 2001.
www.kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_fit/nutrition/habits.html

U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Food and Nutrition Information Center. Food Guide Pyramid. 2003.
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/Fpyr/pyramid.html

Nutrition and Food Safety in Schools

Action for Healthy Kids.
Benefits of School Meal Participation. 2002.
www.actionforhealthykids.org/filelib/facts_and_findings/fs_meal.pdf

Action for Healthy Kids.
Nutrition, Physical Activity and Achievement. Fact Sheet. 2002.
www.actionforhealthykids.org/filelib/facts_and_findings/fs_npaa.pdf

U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Food and Nutrition Service.
Foods Sold in Competition with USDA School Meal Programs. A Report to Congress. Shirley R. Watkins. Under Secretary Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services. 2001.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/CompetitiveFoods/report_congress.htm

U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Economic Research Service.
A Healthy School Meal Environment: Food Assistance Research Brief. 2003.
www.ers.usda.gov/publications/fanrr34/fanrr34-5/fanrr34-5.pdf

U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Food and Nutrition Service.
Healthy Eating Environments. Competitive Foods Policy. 2002.
www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Lunch/CompetitiveFoods/state_policies_2002.pdf

U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Food and Nutrition Service.
Team Nutrition. School Lunches, Smart Yet Satisfying! Healthy Eating at School. 10 Tips for Parents.
www.fns.usda.gov/tn/resources/10stepsbw.pdf

Food Safety

American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology.
Tips to Remember: Food Allergy.
www.aaaai.org/patients/publicedmat/tips/foodallergy.stm

Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN).
School Guidelines for Managing Students with Food Allergies.
www.foodallergy.org/school/guidelines.html

Massachusetts Department of Education.
Managing Life Threatening Food Allergies in School.
www.doe.mass.edu/cnp/news02/allergy.pdf

Nemours Foundation.
Food Allergies. 2002.
www.kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_fit/nutrition/food_allergies.html

Nemours Foundation.
Food Safety for Your Family. 2001.
www.kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_fit/nutrition/food_safety.html

Partnership for Food Safety Organization.
Fight Bac. Four Steps.
www.fightbac.org/foursteps.cfm?section=4

U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Food and Nutrition Information Center.
Keeping Kids Safe. A Guide for Safe Food Handling & Sanitation for Child Care Providers. 1999.
www.fns.usda.gov/tn/resources/appendj.pdf

National Agricultural Library. USDA.
Food & Nutrition Information Center.
Resource List on Food Allergies and Intolerances. 2002.
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/gen/allergy.htm


*Fact Box Reference

Nemours Foundation. Kids Health. Caffeine, Fat, Sugar, and Your Child. Accessed on the web at http://kidshealth.org/parent/food/general/caffeine.html