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• RWJ Research - Preventing Obesity Among Preschool Children
  How Can Child-care Settings Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity?
• Participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program is Associated with More Nutritious Foods and Beverages in Child Care, Lorrene Ritchie, PhD., et al
  
  
• Role of California Child Care Settings in Promoting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity, Lorrene Ritchie, PhD, RD, et al.
  
  
• Its 12 O'clock . . . What Are Our Preschoolers Eating for Lunch, Shannon Whaley, PhD, et al.
  
  
• Obesity prevention in childcare; A review of U.S. state regulations, Sara Benjamin et al.
  
  
• Children's Healthwatch Policy Action Brief - Child Care Food Programs Support Young Children's Healthy Development.
  
  
• Start Right - Eat Right Award Scheme: Implementing Food & Nutrition Policy in Child care Centers, Christine Pollard, MPH, et al.
  
  
• Directly Observed Physical Activity Levels in Preschool Children, Russell R. Pate, PhD, et al.
  
  
• California's Healthy and Active Kids - Why It Begins in Child Care, Lorrene Ritchie, PhD, RD.
  
  
• Child Care as an Untapped Setting for Obesity Prevention: State Child Care Licensing Regulations Related to Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Media Use for Preschool-Aged Children in the United States, Karen Kaphingst, MPH, RD et al.
  
  
• Impact of a Worksite Wellness Program on the Nutrition and Physical Activity Environment of Child Care Centers, Wendy Gosliner, MPH, RD, et al.
  
  
• California Center for Public Health Advocacy - Research & Reports