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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
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Partners for a Healthier Community, Inc. was invited by Pam Wildnauer, Program Director of the Citizens for Citizens (CFC) Head Start Program, to provide a staff workshop on February 22, 2017 on healthy snacks for preschoolers.
Partners Steering
Committee Secretary and United
Neighbors of Fall River, Executive Director Wendy Garf-Lipp, Partners'
School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard, and Partners Executive Director Dr. David
Weed presented the hour-long session to help Head Start teachers make
better choices for snacks served in school. Unlike school meals, the
government does not prescribe the contents of snacks that parents serve,
so the session was designed to help teachers advise parents on good
choices. Wendy began the session by asking groups of teachers their
ideas of what constitutes the components of a healthy snack. She then
challenged them to rate a series of common snack items and to suggest
which ones meet those criteria. Much of the emphasis of the session was
on
the sugar content of many snack items, especially those that are
advertised as lower in fat. Dr. Weed concluded the session by stressing
the importance of dietary fats in supplying essential
vitamins A,D,E and K, including the healthy
fat in whole milk. Click here for
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(Top row) Program
Director of the Citizens
for Citizens (CFC) Head Start Program Pam Wildnauer introduces United
Neighbors of Fall River, Executive Director Wendy Garf-Lipp,
to over sixty Head Start teachers to begin the workshop. (Row two) Wendy
begins the session by asking groups of teachers their ideas of what
constitutes the components of a healthy snack as Head Start Nutrition
Director Gloria Jackson and Partners'
School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard listen. (Row three) Groups of
teachers work in small groups to come up with a list of healthy snack
components. (Row four) As groups sample some of the recommended items,
Wendy show some of the poorer choices, like a small bag of applesauce
that contains five teaspoons of added sugar and Chobani
mixed berry Greek yogurt. that contains 16 grams of sugar, as
much sugar as a preschooler should get in an entire day. (Row five)
Wendy describes some better alternatives, such as small packs of nuts,
cheese, olives, hummus, and a simple recipe she made with canned chick
peas before Marcia Picard and Dr. Weed end with recommendations for
lowering dietary sugar and increasing
healthy fats in children's diets, including whole milk. (Bottom row)
The group concludes by making a list of healthier alternative snacks
which they discuss with Wendy and Marcia before they leave.
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