Nutrition Best Practices

This section of the Healthier Childcare Environments Toolkit provides 12 key categories of nutrition best practices designed for child care providers in homes and centers. These categories are based on the recommended standards outlined in the Go Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (Go NAPSACC). If you would like to read more about recommended action steps to reach these best practices — all of which are supported by the resources in this Toolkit — see MSU Extension's Action Steps for Child Care Providers: Meeting Best Practices in Nutrition.

Each category below includes practical resources, tips, and tools to help you improve policies, practices, and environments to support breastfeeding, nutritious meals and snacks, and overall nutrition for the children you care for. Alternatively, you can navigate these categories using the menu to the right.