Extension
It Starts With Us
Developing Individual Health and Well-Being
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Rachel Hance
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
The obesity epidemic threatens the quality and years of life of Kentuckians. Obese individuals are at increased risk for many chronic health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and some types of cancers. The obesity rate in Kentucky increased 90 percent over the last 15 years. Thirty percent of individuals in the Commonwealth report no leisure-time physical activity. Increased consumption of unhealthy food, stress, and built environments that promote physical inactivity are largely responsible for the obesity epidemic. As a result, Kentuckians are dying from heart disease and cancer at higher rates than all Americans and they have a lower life expectancy, 75.5 years, compared to 78 years for Americans. The goal of the Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices Initiative is to reverse these trends by working with various organizations, agencies, and groups to promote the health and wellness in all Kentuckians.
Increase in the practice and promotion of physical activity and healthy eating daily
Changes related to obesity, physical activity and healthy eating
Change in awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes needed to make informed choices regarding:
Healthy lifestyle choices
Adult weight management
Practice and promotion of daily physical activity
Initial Outcome: Change in awareness, knowledge, opinions, skills, and attitudes needed to make informed choices regarding:
Healthy lifestyle choices
Adult weight management
Practice and promotion of daily physical activity
Indicator: Individuals will show more knowledge and a more positive attitude toward making healthier lifestyle choices including more physical activity and healthier eating habits
Method: Survey and verbal question/answer session
Timeline: At end of program
Intermediate Outcome: Changes related to obesity, physical activity and healthy eating
Indicator: Individuals will show more involvement in physical activity and incorporating healthy eating choices into their diets
Method: Mail out or email survey
Timeline: 3-6 weeks following program
Long-term Outcome: Increase in the practice and promotion of physical activity and healthy eating daily
Indicator: Individuals will show more involvement in physical activity and incorporating healthy eating choices into their diets daily
Method: Mail out or email follow up survey
Timeline: 8-10 weeks following program
Audience: General Public
Project or Activity: Couch Potato Challenge
Content or Curriculum: UK publications and resources
Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service (CES) agents, program assistants, specialists and volunteers; Kentucky CES publications and resources, United States Department of Agriculture
Date: Winter 2019
Author: Rachel Hance
Major Program: Nurturing Families (general)
It is through our valued partnership with the Allen, Logan, and Simpson Community Early Childhood Council that we, the Logan County Cooperative Extension Service, seek to improve school readiness in Logan County by educating, encouraging, and engaging families. Kindergarten readiness means that each child enters school ready to engage in and benefit from early learning experiences that best promote the child’s success. The kindergarten screener measures readiness in five important domains,
Author: Rachel Hance
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
According to the Barren River District Health Department, Logan County ranks in the 95th percentile for childhood obesity. This data includes 23% of kindergarten age and 30% of 6th grade students that are reported as obese. To address these alarming statistics, the Logan County Extension Agents for Family and Consumer Sciences and 4-H Youth Development coordinated with the Assistant Principal and Family Resource Director at Auburn School to present the Wellness in Kentucky curriculum to the stud
Author: Rachel Hance
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Many basic life skills are not the focus of regular classroom curriculum that students learn in the classroom. To address this issue, the Logan County Extension Agents for Family and Consumer Sciences and 4-H Youth Development pulled together 4-H and Family Consumer Science curriculum to build an Adulting 101 program. The agents then partnered with the Assistant Principal and Family Resource Director at Auburn School to present the Adulting 101 school enrichment program to the students. There we
