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Food and Nutrition Food and Nutrition
See also cheese; dining; milk.

accubation

Rare. the act or habit of reclining at meals.

alimentology

Medicine. thescience of nutrition.

allotriophagy

Pathology.
 Resources for Teachers

www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/educators. html

This page on the Web site of the Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC FNIC Food and Nutrition Information Center
FNIC Financial Network Investment Corporation
FNIC Fidelity National Insurance Company
), National Agriculture Library (NAL), U.S. Department of Agriculture, offers teachers bibliographies of print resources and links to Web resources related to children's nutrition. Items include materials for teachers' own study, as well as lists of loan materials from the NAL for classroom use.

Child Nutrition and Health

www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000008. html

This page, also on the FNIC Web site, provides links to many resources on children's nutrition and to organizations and programs that focus on children's health Children's Health Definition

Children's health encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children from infancy through adolescence.
 and nutrition.

Early Childhood Nutrition Resources

http://nccic.org/poptopics/infant-nutrition.html

This collection on the Web site of the National Child Care Information Center provides a well-annotated list of resources available from various government agencies and national organizations.

Action for Healthy Kids

http://actionforhealthykids.org/

This public-private partnership Public-private partnership (PPP) describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. These schemes are sometimes referred to as PPP or P3.  seeks to address the problems of overweight and undernourished youth by focusing on changes in schools.

Ask an Expert: Preschoolers' Nutrition and Fitness

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/nutrition/trans.htm (transcript)

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/nutrition/sup.htm (supplement)

The Illinois Early Learning (IEL IEL Instituto Euvaldo Lodi (Portugese: Euvaldo Lodi Institute, Brazil)
IEL Institute for Educational Leadership
IEL Intraepithelial Lymphocyte
IEL Institute for Extended Learning
IEL Information Exchange List
IEL Indo-European Language
) project sponsored this event in November 2005, in which staff of the Illinois Nutrition Council answered topical questions. A transcript of the event and supplemental resources are available on the IEL Web site.

Tip Sheets on Fitness and Nutrition

The Illinois Early Learning (IEL) project has published several recent Tip Sheets (in English and Spanish) that provide useful information for parents, caregivers, and teachers related to children's fitness:

Building Endurance: Let's Get Physical! / Como aumentar la resistencia fisica

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/endurance.htm

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/endurance-sp.htm

Physical Fitness for Preschool-Age Children / Mantenga en forma a los ninos preescolares

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/fitness-preschool.htm

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/fitness-preschool-sp.htm

Physical Fitness for Toddlers / Mantenga en forma a su hijo de 1 o 2 anos de edad

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/fitness.htm

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/fitness-sp.htm

Say Yes to Healthy Snacks! / Diga que si a los bocadillos!

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/healthysnacks.htm

http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets-sp/healthysnacks-sp.htm

The Food and Restaurant Project. Vannessa Nacif. Early Childhood Research & Practice. Vol. 7, No. 1 (Fall 2005).

http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v7n1/nacif.html This article describes an example of the use of the Project Approach in a class for 6-year-olds, during which a nutritionist nu·tri·tion·ist
n.
One who is trained or is an expert in the field of nutrition.


nutritionist Dietitian, see there
 visited the class to answer children's questions about nutrition.

Food Guide Pyramid Food Guide Pyramid
n.
A food pyramid devised by the US Department of Agriculture in 1992, in which grains and cereals represent the base beneath layers for fruits and vegetables, meats and dairy products, and fats and sweets at the peak.
 for Young Children

www.usda.gov/cnpp/KidsPyra/

This page from the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion The Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture created on December 1, 1994, and is the focal point within the USDA where scientific research is linked with the nutritional needs of the American public. , U.S. Department of Agriculture, provides graphic presentations of the Food Guide Pyramid for 2- to 6-year-olds, as well as some additional background information.

The Early Childhood and Parenting (ECAP ECAP Early Childhood and Parenting
ECAP Equal Channel Angular Pressing (metal processing)
ECAP Emergency Campaign for America's Priorities
ECAP Electronic Circuit Analysis Program
ECAP Economic Capital
) Collaborative contributed this column. Further information on ECAP projects is available from ECAP, Children's Research Center, University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (flagship campus)
  • University of Illinois at Chicago
  • University of Illinois at Springfield
  • University of Illinois system
It can also refer to:
, 51 Gerty Drive, Champaign, IL 61820-7469; phone: 877-275-3227 or 217-333-1386; E-mail: ecap@uiuc.edu; URL URL
 in full Uniform Resource Locator

Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program.
: http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu/.
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Date:Mar 22, 2006
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