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ChildCare Education Institute Supports the First Lady's Efforts to Reduce Childhood Obesity

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 General News
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DULUTH, Ga., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI) gives child care professionals the opportunity to aid the campaign against childhood obesity. Child care staff can enroll in HLTH100: Early Childhood Obesity, at no cost, and learn strategies for combating childhood obesity.
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Child care providers are responsible for ensuring the health of the children in their care, including providing healthy food choices. HLTH100: Early Childhood Obesity provides child care staff with practical strategies to address childhood obesity in the early care setting. Students will learn to define obesity, identify the causes of obesity and determine risk factors. Students completing the course will be awarded 0.1 IACET CEU and receive a certificate of completion.
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"This is an outstanding opportunity for child care staff to learn new skills and aid in the campaign to reduce childhood obesity. The knowledge gained from completing HLTH100: Early Childhood Obesity has the potential to affect over 14 million children currently in early child care settings. If every child care provider completed the course and implemented the strategies in their classroom, it would make a huge impact on the campaign against childhood obesity," said Maria C. Taylor, President and CEO of CCEI.

To take advantage of this opportunity, child care staff can log in to CCEI's learning management system at www.cceionline.com and use the promotion code 022010 when prompted. It is easy to set up an account if you don't already have one. Click here for detailed registration instructions and remember to use the promotion code when requested.

About ChildCare Education Institute, LLC

ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI) is a distance training institution dedicated to providing the child care industry with professional development programs and courses to meet their education requirements.  Over 100 professional development courses are available to meet annual training and licensing requirements, as well as continuing education options including the Child Development Associate (CDA) Programs of Study, Director's Certificate Program of Study  and others.  CCEI is Accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) and is approved by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) to award IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs). CCEI is authorized under the Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions Act of 1990, license number 837.  

For information, visit www.cceionline.com  or call 800.499.9907

SOURCE ChildCare Education Institute

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