PersonKentucky Extension Reporting System

Connie

Connie Downey


Program Areas

  • Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program





Success Stories

  • 29

    September

    Sugar at Freedom House

    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sugar-sweetened beverages or sugary drinks are the leading sources of added sugars in our diets. Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages can inc...

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  • 29

    September

    Food Safety at New Hope

    The CDC (Center for Disease and Prevention) estimates that one in six Americans get sick from contaminated foods or beverages each year and 3,000 die. The Clay County Cooperative Extension Service Sup...

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  • 05

    October

    Healthy Choices

    According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the benefit of healthy eating includes live longer, boosts immunity, lowers the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and some cance...

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  • 05

    October

    Vegetables Taste Good

    In Kentucky, 23.8 percent of youth ages 10 to 17 are obese according to State of Childhood Obesity website (stateofchildhoodobesity.org). According to their article, Kentucky is ranked number one amon...

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