% Endorsement | |
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Structural Mealtime Structures | |
When children are very thin, I serve them more of everything.a | 10.5 |
To help children eat, I start feeding them.a | 17.1 |
If picky children don’t want to eat, I start feeding them so they get interested.a | 21.2 |
I don’t let them have seconds of other foods until they try the new food. | 25.5 |
Both children and staff pass the food. | 31.3 |
To help children eat, I serve sweet food after they eat the rest of the food on their plates. | 35.7 |
If picky children don’t want to eat, I wait to serve them sweet foods if they do not eat something from their plate. | 40.2 |
The children have to take at least one bite. | 42.5 |
I have the children try the food before they can have sweet foods. | 43.9 |
I sit with the children at mealtime. | 48.1 |
When children are served new food, I try the new food all of the time. | 53.3 |
I eat the same food as children at mealtime. | 53.6 |
I have the children eat one bite of each food. | 53.8 |
I have the children finish their meal before eating sweet foods. | 54.8 |
When children are very thin, I offer them more of the foods they like. | 56.4 |
If children do not want to stop eating, I try to distract them with another activity. | 61.7 |
Children are involved in serving themselves at mealtime. | 65.1 |
I have the children eat nutritious food before “junk” food.a | 82.3 |
I let children decide how much to eat.a | 83.3 |
I try the new food with the children.a | 86.4 |
I offer new foods at mealtime or snack time.a | 87.7 |
If children do not want to stop eating, I send them away from the table.a | 91.9 |
Verbal Mealtime Strategies | |
I never ask children if they want more to eat.a | 5.4 |
I never encourage children to eat the amount I think they need.a | 14.0 |
To help children eat, I point out other children who are eating more. | 31.4 |
If children do not want to stop eating, I ask if their tummy is full. | 33.8 |
I tell the children if they have not eaten enough. | 39.8 |
If picky children don’t want to eat, I let them know they don’t have to eat. | 49.3 |
I say something like “Pat is eating green beans. Why don’t you eat some?” | 50.2 |
If children do not want to stop eating, I explain that they need to leave enough for everyone | 50.7 |
If picky children don’t want to eat, I tell them to take at least one bite of everything. | 55.9 |
When children are very thin, I praise them for eating to get them to eat more. | 56.4 |
To help children eat, I suggest that they need to eat more. | 57.9 |
If picky children don’t want to eat, I ask if their tummy is full. | 58.9 |
If picky children don’t want to eat, I suggest that they start eating what is on their plate. | 64.8 |
If children do not want to stop eating, I tell them they can’t have more of some foods. | 67.2 |
I ask children if their stomach are full. | 69.7 |
I talk about food at mealtime.a | 82.0 |
I notice and comment to the child who is eating well.a | 84.7 |
I teach the children about new foods.a | 85.3 |
If children do not want to stop eating, I tell them they can’t have any more to eat.a | 87.2 |
If picky children don’t want to eat, I ask them to eat something on their plate.a | 87.4 |
I ask the children to take a bite.a | 90.5 |
To help children eat, I explain to the children that the food will make them grow and be healthy.a | 96.1 |