20. Based on guidance from the USDA, Foods that pose the highest risk for choking are foods that “are round, tube-shaped, small, hard, thick and sticky, smooth, slippery, or easily molded to stick to the airways.”
19. 8 foods that are restricted from serving to young children because the food poses the highest risk for choking in the Choking Rule are:
18. Five food preparation techniques that can lower the risk of choking are cook food until soft enough to easily pierce with a fork, cut foods into small pieces, grind or mash food, remove pits/seeds from ripe fruit, cut soft round foods into shorter strips.
17. A good eating habit to practice with childcare children is to sit and eat with children. Remind them to take small bites and swallow between bites.
16. A safe bottle nipple when held upside down should have falling drops following close together, not in a stream.