Table 2.

Activities for Encouraging Parents to Provide Opportunities for Children's Healthy Eating and Gross Motor Activity, US Head Start Programs, 2008 (N = 1,583)

Activity	% of Programs Offering Activitya
Healthy eating (n = 1,579)b
Distributed written information (flyers, pamphlets, or newsletters) about healthy eating	97
Offered workshops or events that taught parents how to prepare healthy foods	80
Offered workshops or events that taught parents how to shop for healthy foods	64
Discussed healthy eating at parent-teacher conferences	60
Other	12
Did not conduct any activities	<1
Gross motor activity (n = 1,572)c
Distributed written information (flyers, pamphlets, or newsletters) about opportunities and facilities in the community for children's gross motor activity	78
Discussed gross motor activity at parent-teacher conferences	67
Offered workshops or events that taught parents how to encourage gross motor activity at home	43
Other	6
Did not conduct any activities	7

^a Percentages do not total 100 because programs were allowed to report more than 1 activity.

^b Four programs that did not respond to the question were excluded.

^c Eleven programs that did not respond to the question were excluded.