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Publication Date

June 20, 2023

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Toolkit

Kids Eat Right Healthy Drinks, Healthy Kids Toolkit

By Kirsten Arm Deuman, Lauren Dawson, and Megan Lott

This resource, developed in partnership with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, is a toolkit intended to support Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDN) and Nutrition and Dietetics Technicians, Registered (NDTR) in learning about and implementing the Healthy Eating Research (HER) Consensus Beverage Recommendations for young children ages 0-5 years old. The toolkit, which provides 4 free CPEUs for RDNs and NDTRs, includes the following: 1) free webinars for nutrition professionals; 2) educational resources and tools for nutrition professionals, including the official HER Consensus Recommendations, non-dairy milk alternative decision tools, a guide for recommended amounts and example scenarios for daily fluid intake for young children, resources comparing the HER Consensus Recommendations to other beverage guidelines for young children; and 3) client and patient educational resources, including interactive web-based recommendations, graphics, fact sheets, and short videos.


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June 20, 2023