INTERVENTION | RECOMMENDATION |
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Fruits and vegetables | ≥ 5 servings per day |
Sugars and sugar-sweetened beverages | Minimize or eliminate (including soft drinks and juices) |
Breakfast | Eaten every day |
Family meals | 5–6 per week minimum |
Meals outside the home | Minimize; no “fast foods” |
Food insecurity | Eliminate67 |
Food portions | Self-regulated by child |
Physical activity | ≥ 1 hour per day |
Sleep time | > 11.5 hours at 5–6 years of age68 |
Screen time | No exposure younger than 2 years of age; 1–2 hours per day after 2 years of age; no television or video games in bedroom |
Data from Spear et al.66