NutritionPlan of Work

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Carroll County CES

Title:
Nutrition
MAP:
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Agents Involved:
Cathy Jansen, Joyce Doyle, Christin Herbst
MAJOR PROGRAM 1:
Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
MAJOR PROGRAM 2:
Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
MAJOR PROGRAM 3:
Weight the Reality Series
MAJOR PROGRAM 4:
Taking Ownership of Your Diabetes Program (Curriculum)
Situation:
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. Minorities and individuals residing in Appalachia bear a heavier brunt of the obesity and chronic disease burden. 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.
Long-Term Outcomes:
• Kentucky population will increase average fruit and vegetable consumption by 1 or more servings per day.
• Kentuckians improve food management skills and healthy eating habits.
• People accessing emergency food sources will select from nutrient dense items.
Intermediate Outcomes:
Number who:
• Access more local foods
• Apply improved food preparation skills, food management skills, food safety
Initial Outcomes:
• Learn how to incorporate unfamiliar foods or foods not currently eaten into a healthy diet
• Increase knowledge and understanding of healthy eating, food safety and food resource management
• Learn about community support services to increase food security
Evaluation:
Long Term Outcome:
Carroll County residents will increase average fruit and vegetable consumption by one or more servings per day
Indicator:
Citizens purchase more and increase consumption of fruits and vegetables
Method:
Farmer’s Market observations and follow up lesson evaluations
Timeline:
2 – 4 years
Learning Opportunities:

Audience:

Senior Center Nutrition

Project or Activity:                  

Nutrition education programs

Content or Curriculum:          

MyPlate, Plate it Up

Inputs:                                     

SNAP Ed curriculum, Agent designed

Date(s):                                   

October 22, 2016

February 14, 2017

2018

2019

2020


Audience:

SNAP families

Project or Activity:      

Community Action Center, library, First Fridays, Farmer’s Market, Commodity delivery

Content or Curriculum:          

SNAP, MyPlate, Plate it Up

Inputs:

Agent designed, SNAP incentives

Date(s):                                   

2018

2019

2020                            


Audience:

Third Grade Students

Project or Activity:      

MyPlate

Content or Curriculum:          

MyPlate

Inputs:

Extension Agent, Time, Money

Date(s):                                   

September 12/13, 2016

October 17/18, 2016

November 14/15, 2016

December 12/13, 2016

February 13/14/15/16/17, 2017

2018

2019

2020


Audience:

Fifth Grade Students

Project or Activity:      

Recipes for Life

Content or Curriculum:          

Recipes for Life

Inputs:

Extension Agents, UK Publication, Plate it Up recipes, SNAP-Ed incentives, Time, Money

Date(s):                                   

April 25/27/28, 2017

2018

2019

2020



Success Stories

Food Preservation Workshop

Author: Catherine Jansen

Major Program: Food Preservation

Food PreservationAccording to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the Department of Food Banks, “Food insecurity is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. Using county data from the five-year period of 2010 to 2014, the study reveals that 17 percent of the population in Kentucky is food insecure – 743,310 people, including 222,380 children. This year’s report fo

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4-H Cooking Club

Author: Catherine Jansen

Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum

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Lunch and Learn

Author: Catherine Jansen

Major Program: Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud

Lunch and LearnTo introduce myself as the new County Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences, the Lunch and Learn program was started in May of 2017 as a bi-monthly program held at the local extension office. To accommodate working people, Lunch and Learn is a hourly program that meets from noon to 1:00 pm. The program consist of recipe tasting, information about nutrition, demonstrations, and locally grown commodities. Recipes are usually taken from the Plate It Up recipe file, with the mai

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