Childcare staff feeding practices associated with Children's willingness-to-try-new-foods.

Parental feeding practices are associated with children's eating, but little is known about how childcare staff feeding practices relate to children's eating. The study examined the associations between childcare staff feeding practices and children's willingness-to-try-new-foods. Participants included children (n = 460), ages 3-5 years, and childcare staff (n = 91) recruited from 51 childcare centers in 10 Maryland counties.

Childcare centre attendance and health, growth, and development among children aged 0-3 years in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.

Background: Lack of childcare for children aged 0-3 years has emerged as a global crisis, accentuated by women's increasing workforce participation and recognition that young children require nurturing care. Through this systematic review, we sought to examine associations between childcare centre attendance in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and children's health, growth, and development, and to generate childcare centre programmatic and research recommendations for children aged 0-3 years.

Methods: We systematically searched PsycINFO, MEDLINE, PubMed, and Cochrane for articles on centre-based childcare for children aged 0-3 years in LMICs, published between 2000 and 2021 in English (or which were translated into English).