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Implementation of Best Practices in Obesity Prevention in Child Care Facilities: The Arizona Empower Program, 2013–2015
ORIGINAL RESEARCH — Volume 14 — September 7, 2017
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Figure.
Level of implementation, by standard, of Arizona Licensed Child Care Facilities Empower standards reported by 1,678 child care facilities, July 2013–June 2015. Components with missing values and responses of “don’t know” were excluded from the analyses by standard. Four standards have multiple components; the staff training standard has only one component.
| Standard | Percentage of Respondents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Partial | Not at All | |
| Physical activity and screen time | 46.3 | 53.6 | 0.1 |
| Breastfeeding-friendly environment | 44.0 | 35.3 | 20.7 |
| Fruit juice and water | 53.3 | 46.6 | 0.1 |
| Family-style meals | 59.7 | 39.6 | 0.7 |
| Staff training | 77.4 | 16.1 | 6.5 |
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