Rural Kids' health boost: new program aims to get more fruits and veggies on little plates

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: FCCH Settings: * Licensed family child care home-based early child care and education settings * Located in RURAL Nebraska or Kansas * Participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) * Care for at least 2 preschool-aged children (3-5 years old) without feeding disorders or developmental delays * Provide meals and snacks to attending children * Located in a county designated as nonmetropolitan based on the 2023 rural urban continuum codes. FCCH Providers: * Currently caring for at least two eligible 3-5 year old children who consume at least one meal and one snack in the program for at least two days per week. * Present with children during meals and snacks * Over the age of 19 years * Have not participated in the intervention before Children: * Between 3 to 5 years old * Must consume at least one meal and one snack in the program for at least two days per week. * No dietary restrictions or feeding disorder that impact how they eat (lactose intolerance, egg/nut allergies, or vegetarian diet are acceptable) * Typically developing children (no diagnosis of developmental delays as identified by childcare providers) * Have a parent or guardian 19 years of age or older to consent for them Exclusion Criteria: FCCH Providers: * FCCH provider closes the business * FCCH provider stops serving meals to children * FCCH provider discontinues participation in CACFP and no longer adheres to CACFP meal pattern requirements * FCCH provider loses all eligible study children due to children leaving care, developing developmental delays or feeding disorders, or other reasons making them ineligible Children: * Diagnosis of dietary restrictions or feeding disorder that impact how they eat (soft diet requirements or difficulty swallowing that impacts how they eat) * Diagnosis of developmental delays