Temperature of foods sent by parents of preschool-aged children.

Objective: To measure the temperatures of foods in sack lunches of preschool-aged children before consumption at child care centers.

Methods: All parents of 3- to 5-year-old children in full-time child care at 9 central Texas centers were invited to participate in the study. Foods packed by the parents for lunch were individually removed from the sack and immediately measured with noncontact temperature guns 1.