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The goal of the Nios Sanos Familia Sana (Healthy Children, Healthy Family) curriculum is to improve nutrition and physical activity to prevent childhood obesity and promote health. All lessons are designed for parents with children ages 3-8 years.
Help your family eat more fruits and vegetables! Tips on fruits and vegetables (fact sheets) Recipes This material is based upon work that was supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 2011-68001-30167.
Goals of the Nios Sanos Familia Sana study Prevalence of overweight and obesity is higher among Latino children, compared to non-Latino white children. Few intervention studies have focused on Mexican origin populations, especially in rural areas.
Nios Sanos Familia Sana (Healthy Children, Healthy Family) was a community-based, intervention through the University of California at Davis. The program included nutrition education for Latino families with children ages 3-8 years.
Alberto Aguilera, MPH, PhD University of California at Merced, Office of Student Affairs, Email: alaguilera@ucdavis.edu Lucia Kaiser, PhD, RD Emerita Specialist, University of California at Davis, Department of Nutrition, Email: llkaiser@ucdavis.
Tips for successful food demonstrations include: Ask the families which foods they would like to try. Prepare recipes with fresh fruits and vegetables in season. Find recipes that use both fruit and vegetables.
We evaluated the Nios Sanos Familia Sana (Healthy Children, Healthy Family) curriculum with 26 questions related to food and beverage consumption and 4 questions related to child feeding practices. This survey tool was tested in studies in Mexican and Mexican-American households (Kaiser et al.
