Vol. IV, No. 5, August/September 2005
- How young children perceive symbols in their environment
- The Children's Environmental Health Network
- The bigger the serving, the more children eat
- Childcare facilities' national loan resource update
- Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
- Kresge Foundation funds 'green' childcare buildings
- Free classroom acoustic standards available
- 2006 Early Childhood Facilities Design Institute schedule
- Recent professional development
- Current projects
The bigger the serving, the more children eat
A just-completed study conducted by Cornell University nutritional scientist David Levitsky concludes that the most powerful predictor for how much children eat is how much food is put on their plates. Levitsky and associate Gordana Mrdjenovic monitored the food intake of 16 preschool children for 5 to 7 days in day care centers. "We found the more children are served, the more they eat, regardless of what they've eaten previously, including breakfast that day," says Levitsky. The findings run counter to previous studies on the subject - perhaps, suggests Levitsky, because the study was conducted in natural settings rather than laboratories.
Vol. IV, No. 5, August/September 2005
- How young children perceive symbols in their environment
- The Children's Environmental Health Network
- The bigger the serving, the more children eat
- Childcare facilities' national loan resource update
- Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
- Kresge Foundation funds 'green' childcare buildings
- Free classroom acoustic standards available
- 2006 Early Childhood Facilities Design Institute schedule
- Recent professional development
- Current projects