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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Distance education program in 1xbet sports betting gives California alum head start on reforming child nutrition
MANHATTAN -- Distance education has taken Kristine Smith a long way: to a bachelor's degree in dietetics from Kansas State 1xbet sports betting to revolutionizing the way young children eat.
Smith earned her degree from the university in 2004 by taking classes online while on duty overseas with the U.S. Navy. 1xbet sports betting is now the director of nutrition services at San Diego's Neighborhood House Association, where 1xbet sports betting revamped the daily menu for children in the association's Head Start program. The program provides approximately 6,500 meals each day to children from low-income families.
When Smith started her job in 2008, 1xbet sports betting was disappointed in and stunned by the foods that the children, who are mostly ages 3 and 4, were being served. The foods were highly processed with an abundance of sodium and fats.
The kitchen 1xbet sports betting inherited contained no knives, only can openers. The cooks only knew how to use microwaves and ovens. Smith immediately set out to right the situation, purchasing new cooking utensils and retraining her kitchen staff. 1xbet sports betting said 1xbet sports betting believes the younger generation deserves the utmost nutritional care.
"Nowhere in my job description does it say that I need to create menus that have whole and natural foods or that I need to feed them in any certain way other than to meet the child care food guidelines from the USDA," 1xbet sports betting said. "But I feel it is my own responsibility to give them the very best that I can give them."
Though convincing all of the children to buy into eating more fruits and vegetables presented some obvious challenges, Smith has kids asking their parents to cook at home what 1xbet sports betting makes for them in the Head Start program.
"We have a 94 percent kid approval rating now," 1xbet sports betting said. "The kids go to the grocery store and ask for fresh produce -- they recognize it from what they had at school."
Smith is now focusing 1xbet sports betting energy on the Farm to Pre-School program, which replaces much of the factory-distributed food in 1xbet sports betting kitchen with healthy, locally grown foods.
The program will take the 1xbet sports betting on field trips to the farms where their foods come from, connecting them to the local farming community and introducing them to the idea that food actually grows naturally from the ground and not on grocery store shelves.
Because of her work success and her exemplary representation of Kansas State University, Smith was honored as the university's Division of Continuing Education alumni fellow for 2012. 1xbet sports betting visited campus in February to attend the alumni fellow ceremonies. While on campus, 1xbet sports betting noted the attachment 1xbet sports betting felt to the university and the hospitality of all the K-State faculty, students and staff 1xbet sports betting encountered.
Smith said that her bachelor's degree in dietetics from Kansas State University has served her well in her career. It has helped her make the right decisions in regard to the health and nutrition of the children 1xbet sports betting works with, and 1xbet sports betting would recommend it to anyone.
"This degree in dietetics has made a huge impact on my life. I feed children primarily in Head Start, and those children are from families in the lowest incomes in our community. I feel like when they come to our Head Start centers, they are getting the best meals maybe in their whole lives," 1xbet sports betting said.
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