Emphasis is placed on the importance of assuming personal responsibility for well-being and the need for improved access to health services.
What is Healthy People 2020?
100
By definition this term refers to the many physical changes that occur as the child matures.
What is Growth?
100
There are a variety of sources in which teachers can obtain information about children's health. List some of these sources.
Dietary Assessment, Health histories, Teacher Observations, and Results of medical examinations.
100
These people play an important role in establishing effective nutrition education programs.
Directors, Administrators, Teachers, Cooks or Food Service Personnel and Children's Families.
100
A comprehensive framework that includes learning materials, behavioral objectives, and evaluation criteria for grades K-12.
What are the National Health Education Standards?
200
This health initiative presents a comprehensive agenda of goals and objectives for addressing children's critical health care and safety needs.
What is the National Children's Agenda?
200
There are several factors that affect the rate and quality of growth.
Genetic potential, level of emotional stimulation, cultural influences socioeconomic factors, adequate nutrition, and parent responsiveness.
200
These specialists assist in identifying a specific health impairment.
Specialists in the fields of pediatric medicine, nursing, speech, dietetics, dentistry, and psychology.
200
These people are usually responsible for planning and executing nutrition education experiences. Therefore, they should be familiar with the conceptual framework that validates the importance of nutrition education.
Classroom Teachers
200
Teachers perform ongoing evaluations throughout the school year for several reasons
An evaluation allows the teacher to determine if nutrition lessons and activities have been effective in achieving the intended outcomes.
300
This program was previously known as the State Children's Health Insurance Program and is administered in each state through annual appropriations from the federal government.
What is the Children's Health Insurance Program?
300
These factors have a significant effect on the genetic makeup of an infant's brain.
Diet, smoking, ingestion of alcohol or drugs and infections.
300
This tool serves as a useful baseline for determining what is typical behavior and appearance for each child.
What are observations?
300
The goal of this program is the promotion of children's health and development.
What is the goal of nutrition education?
300
The program should be planned around some or all of the four basic nutrition concepts they include?
Children must have nutritious food for their bodies to grow and stay healthy, Nutrients come from foods, A variety of foods should be eaten each day, and Foods must be handled carefully before they are eaten to ensure they are healthful and safe.
400
This initiative was established to coordinate the mutual interests of health professions, early education professionals, and families in addressing children's health and safety needs in out of home programs.
What is Healthy Child Care America?
400
At this age of development the child continues to make steady gains in height and weight but at a much slower rate than during infancy.
What are Toddlers?
400
When can teachers observe and take notes regarding children's health problems?
While the children are engaged in daily classroom activities.
400
Ways that families can become involved in their child's nutrition education.
Posting weekly menus and including suggestions for foods that provide nutritional complements to each menu and providing families with a report of new foods and recipes the child has been introduced to.
400
By definition outlining a method of action prior to carrying it out.
What is Preplanning?
500
This study will follow over 100,000 children from birth to age 21 to examine the interaction of environmental effects on children's health and how they might contribute to disease.
What is the National Children's Study?
500
At this age children grow more in height than in weight during this period gaining an average of 2 to 2.5 inches per year.
What are the Preschool and Early School Age years?
500
Performing this task provides valuable information about a child's well-being and readiness to learn.
What are Daily Health Checks?
500
These personnel are responsible for preparing and serving meals that are nutritious and appealing to children.
Food Personnel
500
Foods that are typically high in fat and calories and provide a limited amount of nutrients.