Bright Futures Nutrition Family Fact Sheets

Bright Futures Nutrition Family Fact Sheets (2002) are a series of fact sheets for families that highlight content from the publication Bright Futures in Practice: Nutrition. These illustrated fact sheets provide information in a question and answer format.

The fact sheets were focus tested with families and health professionals and edited at a 6 grade reading level.

The fact sheets are also available in Spanish.

The series is organized by developmental periods as follows:
	Infancy: Birth-5 Months Infancy: 6-11 Months Early Childhood: 1-2 Years Early Childhood: 3-4 Years Middle Childhood: 5-7 Years Middle Childhood: 8-10 Years Adolescence: 11-21 Years

The information in the Bright Futures Nutrition Family Fact Sheets can be used to:

• Provide families with important and easy-to-read information on their infant's, child's, or adolescent's nutrition.
• Provide families with resources for nutrition information.
• Help families discuss with health professionals issues and concerns they have about their infant's, child's, or adolescent's nutrition.
• Help families promote the well-being of their infant, child, or adolescent by forming partnerships with health professionals.

Although the Bright Futures Nutrition Family Fact Sheets are copyrighted by NCEMCH, we encourage you to download this publication and make multiple copies for use and free distribution (i.e., you may not charge for the copies you make).  For information on how to request permission to incorporate content from the Nutrition Family Fact Sheets into new materials, please read our copyright permission statement.

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Fact Sheet Section	Black and White (reproducable master):	Color
Cover	24KB	28KB
Infancy: Birth - 5 Months Giving Your Baby the Very Best Nutrition	344KB	348KB
Infancy: 6 - 11 Months Helping Your Baby Grow	240KB	244KB
Early Childhood: 1 - 2 Years Helping Your Toddler Learn About Food	232 KB	236KB
Early Childhood: 3 - 4 Years Teaching Your Child About Food	252KB	256KB
Middle Childhood: 5 - 7 Years Helping Your Child Eat Healthy Foods and Be Ready to Learn	260KB	264KB
Middle Childhood: 8 - 10 Years Helping Your Child Make Healthy Food Choices	208KB	212KB
Adolescence: 11 - 21 Years Helping Your Teenager Make Healthy Food Choices	208KB	212KB

If you have questions about the fact sheets or need further information, please contact us.

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