HOEC 107 "Introduction to Child Nutrition"

HOEC 107

Introduction to Child Nutrition

MyPyramid mother and child figures

Instructor: Lisa Yamashiro, MEd, RD
Email: lyamashi@ccsf.edu
Voicemail: (415) 561-1971 (messages)
Classroom: Ocean Campus, 50 Phelan, Cloud Hall, #223
Office Hours: before/after class on Saturdays, or by appointment

Overview of child nutrition issues, with an emphasis on practical skills and approaches to influence positive eating behaviors that promote optimal health and nutrition. Topics include basic nutrition principles, the feeding relationship, breastfeeding and child nutrition, planning healthy meals and snacks, food safety, childhood obesity, physical activity, nutrition education, child nutrition programs and food assistance resources.

HOEC 107 CRN# 78844 / CDEV 107 CRN# 78897
(3 units)

	PREREQUISITES
	None

California Food Guide banner

California Food Guide. Sacramento, California: California Department of Health Care Services and California Department of Public Health;2008. Available at http://www.cafoodguide.ca.gov. (Download Food Group chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Lifecycle chapters 9, 10, 11, 12; Physical Activity chapter 15)

Satter, Ellyn, Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family, Kelcy Press, Madison, WI, 2008. Available from CCSF bookstore. Check out her website Ellyn Satter Associates (link).

Syllabus (Acrobat Adobe PDF file) - revised 10/7/09
Assignment - Tip Sheets (Acrobat Adobe PDF file) - hard copy provided in class. Tip Sheet #1 DUE 9/12/09; Tip Sheet #2 DUE 9/26/09
Introduction to Secrets (PowerPoint note pages as a PDF file, shown in class on Saturday, August 22)
Fresh Ideas for Vegetables (recipe handout as a PDF file)
25 Healthy Snacks for Kids (handout as PDF file, distributed 9/19/09)
Keeping Kids Safe: A Guide for Safe Food Handling & Sanitation (Adobe Acrobat PDF file)
Let's Get Cooking assignment (Acrobat Adobe PDF file) - reflection paper DUE October 10!

Upcoming assignments and due dates:
MyPyramid Tracker DUE - Saturday, October 31
WIC Learning Online Tip Sheet DUE - Saturday, November 21
Nutrition Education for Kids - Group Presentations (Acrobat Adobe PDF file) - DUE December 5 or December 12

Flyer (Acrobat Adobe PDF file)

Class starts on Saturday, August 22, 9:00 a.m. in Cloud Hall Room 223!

NUTRITION EDUCATION RESOURCES:
American Institute for Cancer Research (Link)
Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine (Link)
Dannon Institute (Celebrate Healthy Eating modules for pre-K) (Link)
Eat Smart Play Hard (Link)
SNAP-Ed Connection (Link) USDA's Food & Nutrition Information Center
Harvest of the Month (Link)
Michigan Team Nutrition (Link) - check out the "Healthy Reading Lessons" for K-2, "Preschool Booklist", and the "Updated Michigan Team Nutrition Booklist" for K-2
MyPyramid.gov (Link)
RD411.com (Link) visit the "Toddler and Kid Center"
Sesame Workshop - Healthy Habits for Life (Link)
San Francisco Unified School District, School Health Programs Department, Nutrition Education Project (Link)
Soda Free Summer (Link)
University of Illinois Extension (Link)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension (Link)
USDA Team Nutrition (Link)

ONLINE LEARNING MODULES, Web-videos, & other websites:
PBS Frontline "Diet Wars"documentary (Link) see segment 4 "The Crisis for our Children" and Epilogue (shown in class 8/22/09)

"Diet Tips to Energize You", Consumer Health Library 2009 (shown in class 8/29/09) - access this webvideo through CCSF library at www.ccsf/edu/library (go to "Find ARTICLES: Databases" link, to Health & Wellness Resource Center)

Fat & Happy video by PBS Scientific American (webvideo link)- see clips "Obesity Begins at Home" and "Couch Potato Kids"

PBS Frontline, "Modern Meat" video clip (shown in class 10/3/09)
"Why Don't We Do It In Our Sleeves?" video (shown in class 10/3/09)

FamilyDoctor.org (check out videos A-Z on variety of health topics)

Fruits & Veggies - More Matters (Link to simple cooking videos)
Loving Your Family Feeding Their Future (Link)
SFUSD Salad Bars "Tomatoes, Romaine, & Carrots - Oh My" (You Tube video link)
San Francisco Food, Nutrition & Agriculture Directory, 4th edition, 2008 (Adobe Acrobat PDF file)
WIC Learning Online (Link)
WIC Parent Connections (Link to web video on group facilitation skills)

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