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Welcome...This issue of Healthy Childcare® is packed with information that will help you each and every day in the childcare setting. Each issue of Healthy Childcare® includes articles in our five main sections—Medicine Chest, In Sickness & Health, Nutrition Action, Safety First, and Health & You—plus health education activities for young children from I Am Amazing, helpful resources, and a reproducible parent letter and poster from Hip On Health. In this issue’s Safety First section, Joe Knight writes about lead toxicity, the impact of lead on young children’s development, and how to keep lead out of your childcare setting. As this issue was in the design phase, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announced the first major change in 20 years recommended levels of lead in children under age five. You can read about it in this issue. In our Nutrition Action section, Diona Reeves looks at the connection between nutrition and oral health. Diona also authored the Health & You article on oral health for adults. Marna Holland’s In Sickness & Health article on teaching about hygiene includes families in the learning process. Elaine Abrams examines the impact of homeless on young children in childcare in the Medicine Chest section. Start the young children in your care off to a healthy year with the My Healthy Child 2012 Growth Calendar that includes a growth chart, space for marking height and weight, 12 growing up healthy tips, and a 2012 calendar. Send them home with parents to remind them of your commitment to healthy growing!
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