High Protein Intake Among Preschoolers in Childcare in a Region at Elevated Risk for Obesity.

Objectives: To compare diet quality of convenience samples of children 2-3 and 4-5 years attending 11 of 75 childcare centers in Hays County, Texas to a nationally representative sample, as part of a needs assessment to inform a childcare center-based intervention.

Methods: Parents completed 24-h recalls of their child's diet in 2014. Usual dietary intake of the regional and age-matched sample from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2011-2014) was estimated using the National Cancer Institute method.

Influences on Catered Event Ordering in a University Workplace: Development and Validation of the Understanding Food Ordering Survey.

Purpose: To develop and validate an instrument to identify factors that influence what is ordered for catered events for employees at a large university.

Design: Themes derived from focus groups were used to develop a survey.

Setting: A large public university in central Texas.

Staff Workshop Improves Child Care Center Menus in South Central Texas: A Best Food for Families, Infants, and Toddlers (Best Food FITS) Intervention.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of an educational workshop for child care center staff to improve menus.

Methods: Staff from 18 centers attended a nutrition educational workshop that included an activity that compared center menus to MyPlate standards. Four weeks of menus collected before and after the workshop were imported into SuperTracker; the Food Details report produced menu data clustered by day and center.

Improving children's menus in community restaurants: best food for families, infants, and toddlers (Best Food FITS) intervention, South Central Texas, 2010-2014.

Background: Approximately 32% of US children are overweight or obese. Restaurant and fast food meals contribute 18% of daily calories for children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years. Changing children's menus may improve their diets.