• Offer a wide variety of nutritious foods and beverages, for optimal growth and development
• Encourage breastfeeding, serve iron fortified infant formula, and low-fat milk, with meals, to appropriate age groups, providing calcium for development, growth and strong bones
• Serve foods and meats low in fat, to reduce saturated and trans fats, and cholesterol intake
• Choose and prepare foods with little salt or added sugar, to maintain a healthy body weight and reduce risk of chronic disease
• Serve foods made with enriched or whole grains, to provide fiber and maintain a healthy body weight
• Serve foods with, at least, 1 good source of vitamin A every other day, for healthy eyesight, skin, hair and brain development
• Serve foods with, at least, 1 good source of vitamin C every day, as an antioxidant, aiding in the body’s absorption of Iron
• Serve foods with 3 to 4 good sources of Iron daily, to carry oxygen through the body, maintain energy levels and growth of cells
• To provide a Family Style meal service in order to encourage the growth of each child’s motor skills and social interaction skills
• Promote daily physical activity to encourage the lifelong habit of a healthy active lifestyle
• Practice food safety in order to ensure only the very best for the children in our communities