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Supporting Healthy Weight in Statewide Quality Rating and Improvement Systems: A Review of 2020 Standards and Comparison to 2015 Standards
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12 2023
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Source: Child Obes. 19(8):541-551
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Alternative Title:Child Obes
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Description:Background:
Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRISs) are used to assess, improve, and communicate quality in early care and education (ECE) programs. One strategy for supporting healthy growth in early childhood is embedding nutrition, physical activity, infant feeding, and screen time content into state QRIS standards, using the Caring for Our Children high-impact obesity prevention standards (HIOPS) and the CDC Spectrum of Opportunities framework (CDC Spectrum). We assessed the number of obesity prevention standards in QRISs in 2020 and compared results to an analysis published in 2015.
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We collected state QRIS standards for ECE centers from March to April 2020. Two analysts coded documents for standards related to 47 HIOPS and 6 Spectrum areas.
Results:
Thirty-nine states and the District of Columbia had statewide QRISs in early 2020. Of these, 21 QRISs (53%) embedded 1 or more HIOPS, and 26 (65%) embedded 1 or more Spectrum components. On average, 6.9% of HIOPS were embedded in QRIS standards in 2020, an increase from 4.6% in 2015. Nine QRISs included more HIOPS in 2020 than in 2015. Five QRISs added 10% or more of the 47 HIOPS between 2015 and 2020. Physical activity and screen time standards continued to be most often included; infant feeding standards were least included.
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Obesity prevention components were embedded in three-quarters of state QRISs, and more were embedded in 2020 than in 2015, suggesting that QRISs can be levers for supporting healthy weight in ECE settings.
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Pubmed ID:36472466
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC10235206
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Volume:19
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Issue:8
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