Table 2

US state nutrition and physical activity regulations related to obesity for family child care homes, 2007

State

Year of last update

Water freely available

Sugar sweetened beverages limited

Foods of low nutritional value limited

Children not forced to eat

Food not used as reward

Support provided for breastfeeding and provision of breast milk

Screen time limited

Physical activity required daily- minutes per day specified


AL

2001

X

AK

2006

X

X

X

AZ

2004

X

X*

X

X

AR

2006

X

X

CA

2006/7

CO

2005

X

X

X†

CT

2005

X

DC

1987

DE

2002

X

X

FL

2004

X

GA

1991/4

X

X‡

X‡

X

HI

2002

X

X

X

ID

2006

IL

2003

X

X

IN

2001

X

IA

2004

KS

1990

KY

2001/3

X

LA

2000

X

ME

2006

X

X

MD

2006

X

MA

2003

X

X

X

MI

2006

X

X

MN

1985

X

MS

2006

X

X

X

X

MO

2002

X

X||

X

MT

2006

X

X

NE

1999

NV

2004

X

X‡

X‡

X

X

NH

2006

X

NJ

2004

X

X

NM

2006

X

NY

2005

X

X

X

NC

2006

X

X‡

X‡

X

ND

1999

X

OH

2007

X

X

OK

2006

X

X

OR

2006

X

X‡

X

PA

2005

X

X

RI

1988/90

X

X

SC

2005

X

X

SD

2004

X

TN

2005

X**

X**

X

TX

2006

X

X

X

X

UT

2002

X

X

VT

2001

X

X††

X

VA

1993

X

X

WA

2006

X

WV

2007

X

X‡‡

X

X

WI

2005

X

X

WY

2001

X

X


* Not served in place of juice

† No television without parental permission

‡ Served on special occasions only (GA, NC) and in addition to required meals and snacks (GA, NV)

§Alternate activity must be provided (GA, TN, VT, WA, WI) or children are not required to watch (SC, WI)

|| Snacks of fruit juice, raw fruits and vegetables, milk, crackers, cheese, peanut butter, or similar nutritious foods shall be served

¶For infants less than 12 months of age

** Carbonated drinks, fruit-flavored drinks, imitation milk drinks, and candy shall not be served as snack foods

†† Emphasis placed on foods unprocessed, and low in salt and sugar

‡‡ Limit snack foods high in salt and sugar

Benjamin et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:188   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-188

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