Barriers and Facilitators to Compliance with a State Healthy Eating Policy in Early Care and Education Centers
Author(s) -
Daniel A. Zaltz,
Russell R. Pate,
Jennifer R. O’Neill,
Brian Neelon,
Sara E. BenjaminNeelon
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
childhood obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2153-2176
pISSN - 2153-2168
DOI - 10.1089/chi.2018.0077
Subject(s) - medicine , demographics , interquartile range , environmental health , family medicine , demography , surgery , sociology
Early care and education (ECE) policies can improve childhood obesity risk factors. We evaluated barriers and facilitators to implementing mandatory nutrition standards for foods provided in South Carolina ECE centers serving low-income children, comparing centers participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) with non-CACFP centers.
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