Discusses tips for food-service staff for providing healthy, yet enticing camp menus. Provides a list of rules for preparing food that kids like, and suggests focusing on basic foods. Discusses cooking meats, preparing salad dressings, presenting food, providing vegetarian and meatless choices, and promoting healthy snack choices. (CDS)

Recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics discuss components of the medical program for children's camps and provide guidelines for the camper's annual or biennial physical examination, maintenance of health records, health screenings on camper arrival and departure, daily health surveillance, camp health care facilities, and children…

Food allergies can kill a child, and camp offers many opportunities for things to go wrong. One camp with many allergic campers gathered information from parents on the extent of allergies and medications needed; educated staff about the seriousness of allergies, food preparation procedures, and snacks; and prepared an emergency plan. Family,…