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Healthy Food for Young Eaters: Opportunities in the Child Nutrition Programs

Harvesting Health June 25, 2018 Katherine Fuller, MPA United Way for Southeastern Michigan

Feeding America - Child Hunger Fact Sheet and 2016 Hunger Report

Hospitalization Oral Health Physical Development Families forced to choose between food and other basic needs (i.e. seeking and paying for medical care)

Hunger is a Health Issue

Inexpensive food of low nutritional value Behavioral Health High Blood Pressure Diabetes, Obesity, Malnutrition Quality of Life

Defining Terms

Food Insecure

Lacking reliable access to a sufficient quantity

• f affordable, nutritious food

SFSP

Summer Food Service Program

CACFP

Child and Adult Care Food Program (At-Risk After School)

SBP and NSLP

School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN

Child Nutrition Programs for…

Health

Consistent, nutritious meals keep kids healthy

Grades

During the School Year alternative breakfast models and Summer enrichment - support learning outcomes

Family Savings

In the Summer families can save $300 per child with this program

Access to Nutrition

Opportunity to reach more kids.

• For example, only 16% of students who eat free & reduced

lunch at school also partake in the summer meals program

Community

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Major Players

Fe Federal (USDA FN FNS)

Fund out-of-school meal programs

St State (MDE)

The state receives and distributes funds, while

• verseeing compliance with federal regulations

Sp Sponsors

Connect vendors or provide meals to sites, ensure compliance of sites, and receive reimbursement for meals served

Si Sites

Host activities for children, distribute, and track meals served

Co Community ty P Partn tners

Increase capacity and enrichment opportunities at sites UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN

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Opportunities to Engage

Combat Food Insecurity and Promote Health

• Expanding Access to Meals
• Increase awareness of programs available to families
• Become a Site or a Sponsor
• Promote Thoughtful Food/High Quality Meals
• Menu Development and Meal Production
• Procurement
• leverage demand for local, fresh, variety
• Build internal and external partnerships
• Contribute to and support existing service providers

– capacity, funding, health/nutrition education programs

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Resources

• Connect with Us!
• Michigan Department of Education
• MSU Center for Regional Food Systems
• No Kid Hungry Center for Best Practices
• Engage Peer Health Systems (several national examples)
• Engage Program Sponsors

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Feeding Practices and the Meal Environment

Harvesting Health June 25, 2018 Lily Doher, RD United Way for Southeastern Michigan

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OUTLINE

• Supportive meal environments
• Eating competence
• Evidence-based, best practice feeding model
• Promoting positive feeding practices

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SUPPORTIVE FEEDING ENVIRONMENTS

• Provide adequate food
• Support social and physical

development

• Maintain trust
• Preserve and promote

eating competence

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EATING COMPETENCE

Is positive about eating and about food Relies on internal hunger and satiety cues Has skills for learning to like unfamiliar foods Makes meals a priority Has skills and resources for managing food

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AUTHORITATIVE FEEDING: A BALANCE

Parent/caregiver leadership with feeding Child autonomy with eating

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SATTER DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILTIY IN FEEDING (sDOR)

• Children eat and grow well when

adults feed according to a developmentally appropriate Division of Responsibility in Feeding

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Promoting sDOR

• Adults decide what, when and where food is
• ffered
• Children decide if and how much to eat
• Support children’s learning process without

pressuring them to eat

• Regular, sit-down snacks and family meals
• Accept and support children’s natural growth

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Evidence Base

• Restrictive/controlling feeding practices

associated with disordered eating and higher BMI

• Pressure to eat leads to the development of

negative associations with food, and ultimately dislike and avoidance

• Uninvolved/indulgent feeding styles associated

with lower satiety responsiveness and higher BMI

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Evidence Base

• Authoritative (sDOR) feeding style associated with

healthy eating, active lifestyles and lower BMI

• Authoritative (sDOR) feeding style supports eating
• competence. Eating competence evidence in adults:
• Same or lower BMI
• Higher diet quality
• Reduced risk for chronic disease, including CVD
• Do better socially and emotionally

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UWSEM’s Involvement

• 4 session series for

parents/caregivers

• Webinars for

parents/caregivers

• Trainings for child care

professionals, teachers, and out-of-school time providers

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GETTING INVOLVED

• Offer supportive rather than prescriptive advice
• Resources:
• EllynSatterInstitute.org
• ChildFeedingGuide.co.uk
• Childhood Feeding Collaborative
• Connect with us!

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THANK YOU!

Lily.Doher@LiveUnitedSEM.org Katherine.Fuller@LiveUnitedSEM.org