PersonKentucky Extension Reporting System

Tasha

Tasha Tucker


Program Areas

  • Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program





Success Stories

  • 30

    June

    Work It Out

    According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention 40% of Kentuckians are obese. Obesity can lead to High blood pressure (hypertension), High LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, or high leve...

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  • 30

    June

    Eating FREGGIES

    According to CDCs 2018 state indicator Report on Fruits and Vegetables, only 8% of adults meet the daily fruit intake and only 6.3% meet the daily vegetable intake. Eating a diet that consists of frui...

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  • 30

    September

    Growing a Brighter Future

    According to Feeding America, 14.7% of Breckinridge county children struggle with food insecurity. Food insecure children are likely to be sick more often, recover from illness more slowly, and hospit...

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  • 30

    September

    New Balance

    According to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 2020, Kentucky has a higher rate of tobacco use, prescriptions drug misuse, and substance abuse disorder. Substance use disorder ...

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