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Rainbow in My Tummy®

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Rainbow in My Tummy®

Rainbow In My Tummy® is a comprehensive nutrition education program designed to help early care and education centers improve the quality of food they serve and improve the food culture surrounding young children. The Rainbow in my Tummy® program ensures children ages 0-5 have access to a wide variety of nutritious foods and teaches children and families to develop cycles of healthy eating using food color as a tool.

The program is impacting the eating habits of over 1,000 children in Buncombe County and Western North Carolina.

All menus meet USDA recommendations and are CACFP compliant.

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For Families

Rainbow In My Tummy® wants to provide families with the tools to sustain a healthy food culture at home. We believe that families are a child’s first teacher and we want to provide resources to make it easy for families to encourage healthy eating.

5 Simple Ways Parents Can Change the Food Culture at Home:

Involve children in the preparation of healthy meals and snacks. Children can help you set the table or wash fruits and vegetables.

Visit the grocery store or farmer’s market and encourage your child to pick out healthy foods they would like to try.

Hold a taste test! Pick out several different types of apples for example, and have your child try them all. Talk about the color, taste and size of each one.

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