Volume
62
Issue
3
Abstract
The 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans now include recommendations for infants and toddlers. Extension educators can use these expanded guidelines to provide feeding recommendations for caregivers of infants/toddlers. The purpose of this study was to explore 1) the infant and toddler feeding topics that Extension educators discuss with caregivers through formal curricula and informal conversations, 2) educators’ perceived barriers to teaching and discussing topics with caregivers, and 3) the optimal format of resources for educators and the communities they serve. Findings from this study confirmed a need among educators for infant/toddler feeding programs and resources offered through Extension.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Kielb, E. I., Moding, K. J., Johnson, S. L., Beaulieu, B. A., Connolly, B. A., Faroh, S. J., & Bellows, L. L. (2024). Opportunities for Extension Educators to Support Caregivers Feeding Infants and Toddlers through Nutrition Education. The Journal of Extension, 62(3), Article 28. https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol62/iss3/28