March 15, 2017

Nutrition Education at Head Start

Faculty: Noel Chrisman, PhD, MPH

Our project focused on providing exposure and education about healthy habits to preschool children. We focused specifically on healthy eating and activities, which are catered to the diverse community of South Park. We are led four different snack and movement activities with the Head Start program at Concord International Elementary School, as well as a healthy eating and recipe activity at a Parent Night for the Head Start preschoolers’ parents. Throughout our project, our objectives included:

1. Provide preschoolers with tools and activities that facilitate health education, and
2. Engage parents in nutrition education while providing them with resources that enable them to use these healthy habit tools at home and in the community.