Success Stories

• 02

  July

  Families are Cooking and Eating More Nutritious Meals Together

  Eating fruits and vegetables is a critical behavior for health promotion and disease prevention. Despite the importance of eating produce, it is also one of the most difficult eating behaviors to chan...

  
  

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• 02

  July

  Building Bridges with UK Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center to Provide Statewide Diabetes Prevention Programming

  Community-based strategies are recognized as a key facilitator of sustainable behavior change in diabetes prevention and self-management. Still, lifestyle changes can be difficult to implement without...

  
  

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• 02

  July

  FCS Extension Responds to Kentucky Needs Hosting Two-Day Summit on Substance Use

  In 2021, approximately 589,000 Kentuckians experienced a substance use disorder, a sharp increase from 279,000 reported in 2019 (data for 2020 unavailable). More than 2,000 Kentuckians died from drug ...

  
  

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  July

  Big Blue Book Club Increases Nutrition Knowledge and Consumer Confidence

  The Cooperative Extension Service is looked to nationwide as a leader in nutrition education. Reaching 3,000+ counties across the United States and local educators with social and cultural context, Ex...

  
  

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