Welcome to the Positive Eating Environment Action Plan

Hello! This tool helps you build or improve an action plan for creating a positive eating environment in your program.

A positive eating environment:

• Serves family-style meals
• Allows children to choose which and how much of the healthy foods offered they will eat
• Involves children in pre- and post-mealtime activities (with supervision)
• Encourages children to listen to their hunger and fullness cues
• Avoids the use of food as a reward or punishment
• Can support a child's healthy food preferences

To begin, you'll need the results of your Positive Eating Environment Self-Assessment. If it's not done, finish that first. The self-assessment identifies possible goals for your action plan.