New! Reducing the Risk of Choking in Young Children at Mealtimes Tip Sheet

USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
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September 24, 2020

New! Reducing the Risk of Choking

in Young Children at Mealtimes


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Children under the age of four are at a high risk of choking while eating. Created for parents and caregivers of young children, this colorful four-page resource includes tips on:

  • Preparing foods to make them easier to chew
  • Choking hazards to avoid
  • Ways to model and teach good eating habits

And more!

Download this resource in English or Spanish at: https://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/reducing-risk-choking-young-children-mealtimes.


This resource was developed as a collaboration between USDA Food and Nutrition Service Child Nutrition Programs, Office of Food Safety, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed).