142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Cooking with Kids: A Powerful Parent Coaching Strategy to Help Raise Healthier Eaters

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 : 9:26 AM - 9:34 AM

Natalie Muth, MD, MPH, RD, FAAP , American Council on Exercise, San Diego, CA
The state of nutrition among children in the United States and worldwide is discouraging. Clearly, a blatant disconnect exists between what’s recommended as the healthiest diet for our children and what our children actually eat. But simply telling kids and their families to eat more vegetables doesn’t work to close the gap between the recommendations and the reality. If we really want to help coach parents to raise healthier eaters, we need new strategies. One of the most effective of these new strategies is helping and parents learn to cook together. This film engages children in cooking with healthy foods by sharing tips to raise healthy eaters through a series of three clips: healthy school lunches kids will love, healthy greek yogurt recipes kids will love, and healthy cocoa recipes kids will love. By making healthy eating fun, kids don't even realize that they are learning a lot about nutrition and how to make delicious choices that are actually good for them!

Learning Areas:

Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related education

Learning Objectives:
Describe several strategies parents may use to help kids choose healthier foods List three versatile foods that can help kids make healthier choices

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As a pediatrician, registered dietitian, and public health professional, it is my mission to help families to live healthier, more active lives. This educational documentary uses behavioral strategies combined with nutrition to help empower parents to raise healthier children.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.