Maternal diet during lactation and breast-feeding practices have synergistic association with child diet at 6 years.

Objective: Children breast-fed during infancy consume more fruits and vegetables than formula-fed children. This pattern is likely due, in part, to infant learning from flavours of the mother's diet transmitted through breast milk, but more research is needed to understand associations between early flavour exposures and later dietary patterns. We examined whether breast-feeding and maternal fruit and vegetable consumption during nursing were synergistically associated with higher child fruit and vegetable consumption.

Environmental and Economic Effects of Changing to Shelf-Stable Dairy or Soy Milk for the Breakfast in the Classroom Program.

Objectives: To estimate economic and environmental effects of reducing milk waste from the US Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC) School Breakfast Program by replacing conventional milk with shelf-stable dairy or soy milk.

Methods: We estimated net greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE; kg CO equivalents [e]) from replacing conventional milk with shelf-stable dairy or soy milk by adapting existing life cycle assessments and US Environmental Protection Agency Waste Reduction Model estimates to BIC parameters. We estimated net cost with school meal purchasing data.

Communities for healthy living (CHL) - A family-centered childhood obesity prevention program integrated into Head Start services: Study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized trial.

Background: Childhood obesity is highly prevalent and carries substantial health consequences. Childhood obesity interventions have had mixed results, which may be partially explained by the absence of theory that incorporates broader family context and methods that address implementation challenges in low-resource settings. Communities for Healthy Living (CHL) is an obesity prevention program for Head Start preschools designed with careful focus on theory and implementation.

The Development and Public Health Implications of Food Preferences in Children.

Food preferences are a primary determinant of dietary intake and behaviors, and they persist from early childhood into later life. As such, establishing preferences for healthy foods from a young age is a promising approach to improving diet quality, a leading contributor to cardiometabolic health. This narrative review first describes the critical period for food preference development starting and continuing through early childhood.