Children's Nutrition at Child Care Centers
Kudos to our own Krista Barbour, with the CCHC program in Wake County! Check her out on NBC – 17’s My Carolina Today talking about healthy nutrition and physical activity for children 0-5. Nice job Krista!
http://hugh.ncsmartstart.org/uncategorized/shapenc-featured-on-nbc-17s-my-carolina-today
Kudos to our own Krista Barbour, with the CCHC program in Wake County! Check her out on NBC – 17’s My Carolina Today talking about healthy nutrition and physical activity for children 0-5. Nice job Krista!
http://hugh.ncsmartstart.org/uncategorized/shapenc-featured-on-nbc-17s-my-carolina-today
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Notes for Clarification for both the FCCERS-R and ITERS-R have been updated. Please visit their website for information, www.fpg.unc.edu/~ecers.
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Renee Jarrett to CCACTION
Nov 9
Nov 9
Copies of the presentations from "An Afternoon With the American Academy of Pediatrics" are now available at http://www.healthychildcare.org/PDF/Afternoon10.pdf
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Buncombe County CCHC's take on pertussis: Success Story
Pertussis: "I did not know these diseases even existed anymore!"
Link to this article and braodcast by NPR:
Link to this article and braodcast by NPR:
Deadly Whooping Cough, Once Wiped Out, Is Back
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Preventing Childhood Obesity in Early Care and Education Programs
The new set of national standards describing evidence-based and expert consensus on best practices in nutrition, physical activity, and screen time for early care and education programs are now AVAILABLE! These updated standards will be a part of the comprehensive Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, Third Edition (CFOC, 3rd Ed.) to be released in 2011.
Additional Caring for Our Children and related health and safety resources can be found at
the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education.

