Extension
It Starts With Us
Decreasing Obesity Though Education on Healthy Nutrition
Nutrition/Health
Fryman, Thrasher, ANR agent
Health 4-H Core Curriculum
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (Curriculum)
Youth Fruit & Vegetable Access
Farmer's Markets
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% over the last 15 years. Increased consumption of unhealthy food, stress, and built environments that promote physical inactivity are largely responsible for the obesity epidemic.
The Centers for Disease Control found in a nationally representative survey that only 29% of high school youth participated in at least 60 minutes of physical activity on each of the seven days before the survey. Participation in physical activity decreases with age.
Community partners work together to reverse these trends by promoting behavioral changes that will lead to improvement in the quality of health for Fleming County Citizens.
Youth/ Adults maintain positive health habits
Increase in the practice and promotion of physical activity and healthy eating daily
Kentucky families are able to care for the physical and mental health and well-being of each individual over the long term
Practice healthy lifestyle decision-making that strengthen youth/adults ability to cope with normal life stressors.
-Youth and adults identify healthy lifestyle choices.
Identifying weight management issues
Increasing fruits and vegetables in the diet
Increasing physical activity
Initial Outcome:
Indicator: number of youth /adults that report makinghealthy lifestyle choices
Method: pre/post-test surveys
Timeline: July /June
Intermediate Outcome:
Indicator: Changes related to obesity, physical activity,and healthy eating.
Method: Pre/post survey
Timeline: spring
Long-term Outcome:
Indicator: number of Youth /adults that report makinghealthy lifestyle choices
Method: questionnaire
Timeline: end of program
Audience: Homemakers and General Public
Project or Activity: Stroke Awareness
Content or Curriculum: Kentucky CES publications and resources
Inputs: Agents, volunteers
Date: March 2018
Audience: low income families
Project or Activity: food pantry
Content or Curriculum: NEP
Inputs: Agents, program assistants, volunteers
Date: ongoing
Audience: Low Income Families; Low Income Senior Citizens
Project or Activity: Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
Content or Curriculum: Kentucky Nutrition Education Program Curriculum (EFNEP)
Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service (CES) agents, program assistants, specialists, and volunteers.
Content or Curriculum: Kentucky CES publications and resources, Community Partners
Date: Ongoing
Audience: Farmers Market Venders/ County Residents
Project or Activity: Food Demonstrations
Content or Curriculum: 5-A-Day and Plate it up
Inputs: Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service (CES) agent, program assistants, specialist and volunteers.
Content or Curriculum: Kentucky CES publications and resources.
Date: Summer
Audience: Youth
Project or Activity: Cooking Day Camp
Content or Curriculum: 4-H curriculum
Inputs: Agents, UK Interns
Date: July
Audience: Youth/ Adults
Project or Activity: Walking Program
Content or Curriculum: Get Moving Kentucky
Inputs: UK Extension Specialists, UK Health Care,
Date: Spring
Audience: grade school youth
Project or Activity: Veggies Make Cents
Content or Curriculum: Super Star Chef Curriculum, Plate It Up
Inputs: Agents, volunteers
Date: Summer
Audience: County Senior Citizens, youth, community helpers and extension.
Project or Activity: "Grow your Vitamins" for the Elderly. This summer Morehead State University, Maysville College and Technical Center, Public schools systems, Fleming County and Rowan County Extension are teaming up with a new ideal, "Grow your Vitamins" where youth will grow sweet potatoes and give to the elderly. This nutritious food will assist the elderly to meet vitamin needs.
Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up
Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension Service, FCS Agents, MSU, MCTC, Public schools
Date: 2017-2018
Author: Donna Fryman
Major Program: Keys to Embracing Aging
Health and safety-related decisions that individuals and families make across the lifespan directly affect overall well-being and the ability to age well. Yet many individuals make choices which result in poor overall health and high chronic disease rates. Keys to Embracing Aging is a Cooperative Extension educational health intervention aimed at improving overall health by focusing on ways in which individuals and families can be empowered to take control of their own lifestyle decisions and be
Author: Donna Fryman
Major Program: Weight the Reality Series
According to most recent county healthcare profiles and health facts for Fleming County, 68% adults are obese, 38% report a lack of personal physical activity, 14% adults have diabetes. In an effort to increase awareness and improve individual wellness, the Fleming County Extension Service Family and Consumer Science program conducted a 10 week series of Weight- the Reality Series. The ten week program taught participants how to make healthy food choices and to explore various physical activitie
