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Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
Kelly Woods, Chris Duncan, Traci Missun
Health 4-H Core Curriculum
Food Preservation
Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
Food Preparation
Situations have been identified through County Extension Council, program councils and community issues activities and feedback. Extension Council reviewed and prioritized several top county issues that Extension can address through programs: Family Development, Cultivating Family Living, Character Education and Self Reliance Skills.
There has been a substantial increase in non-farm residents wanting to learn how to grow, cook and preserve their own food over the last several years.
Healthy Lifestyles programs help families gain access to food and stretch food dollars; help communities to decrease hunger; and teach participants about healthy and safe food production and preparation and proper nutrition.
Moderate physical activity can reduce the risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, stress and high blood pressure.
Participants will increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables and encourage family meal preparation.
Participants will practice food safety principles while preparing and handling food. Participants will use nutrition skills learned to make good buying and eating decisions. Youth will practice good mealtime manners and personal manners. Participants will use gardening skills to grow their own vegetables.
Participants will discover the MyPlate recommendations while learning to read recipes for meal preparation. Participants will also learn to measure recipe ingredients properly. Participants will understand the importance of fruits and vegetables in diets and nutrition needs for diabetics. Participants will indicate understanding of how to grow their own vegetables.
Long-term Outcome: Participants will increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables and encourage family meal preparation.
Indicator: Number of participants reporting.
Method: Survey sent to participants
Timeline: 2017-2018 program year.
Intermediate Outcome: Participants will practice food safety principles while preparing and handling food. Participants will use nutrition skills learned to make good buying and eating decisions. Youth will practice good mealtime manners and personal manners. Participants will use gardening skills to grow their own vegetables.
Indicator: Number of participants reporting these.
Method: Observations and survey
Timeline: 2017- 2018 program year
Initial Outcome: Participants will discover the MyPlate recommendations while learning to read recipes for meal preparation. Participants will also learn to measure recipe ingredients properly. Participants will understand the importance of fruits and vegetables in diets and nutrition needs for diabetics. Participants will indicate understanding of how to grow their own vegetables.
Indicator: Participants reporting change
Method: Pre and Post test; observations; surveys
Timeline: 2017-2018 program year
Activity: Kids Cooking Camp
Audience: Youth ages 9-13
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Foods Curriculum
Inputs: 4-H Council, FCS Staff and EFNEP
Date: July 10-12, 2017
Activity: Tweens Cooking Clubs
Audience: Middle School students
Content or Curriculum: 4-H Food Curriculum and EFNEP Curriculum
Inputs: 4-H Staff, School Staff,
Date: All School Year
Activity: Character Counts
Audience: 5th grade students
Content or Curriculum: Character Counts!
Inputs: Character Counts! Curriculum
Date: Monthly- School Year 2017-2018
Audience: County Residents
Project or Activity: Food Preservation Classes
Content or Curriculum: UK Food Preservation Curriculum
Inputs: Oldham Co. FCS Agent
Date: June - September
Audience: Oldham County limited Resource Families
Project or Activity: dare to Care Cooking and Nutrition Classes
Content or Curriculum: NEP Calendar Recipes, UK Food & Nutrition Publication
Inputs: FCS Agent and EFNEP Assistant
Date: Third Wednesday of each month
Audience: Oldham County Residents
Project or Activity: Cooking Classes on Oldham County TV
Content or Curriculum: Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
Inputs: FCS Agent, Fiscal Court Media Specialist
Date: Summer and Fall 2017
Audience: Oldham County limited Resource Families
Project or Activity: Dare to Care Cooking and Nutrition Classes
Content or Curriculum: NEP Calendar Recipes, UK Food & Nutrition Publication
Inputs: FCS Agent and EFNEP Assistant
Date: Third Wednesday of each month
Audience: Oldham County Limited Resource and Limited English Families
Project or Activity: Dare to Care Gardening Classes; individual gardening advice; hands-on planting activities
Content or Curriculum: UK Extension Gardening Curriculum
Inputs: Agriculture Agent and Horticulture Assistant; possibly Spanish Translator
Date: 2017 - 2018
Audience: Centerfield Elementary School Students
Project or Activity: After-school Gardening program; hands-on activities
Content or Curriculum: UK Extension Gardening and Junior Master Gardener Curriculum
Inputs: Horticulture Assistant, School Teachers
Date: 2017 - 2018
Author: Christine Duncan
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Oldham County is rated as one of the wealthiest counties in Kentucky. Unfortunately, not everyone in Oldham County is wealthy. Each month, more than 70 residents of LaGrange, county seat of Oldham County, receive food from the Dare to Care mobile food bank. These recipients struggle to make ends meet with limited or fixed incomes. Before the food is distributed the Family and Consumer Science Agent presents a Cooking and Nutrition class. Budgeting for food purchas
Author: Kelly Woods
Major Program: Health 4-H Core Curriculum
Introducing healthy cooking in schools has many benefits: Children may try new and healthy foods. Recent research published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics indicates that children engaged in tactile experiences, such as handling foods, have less food neophobia (food fear) and greater acceptance of eating a variety of foods. A kitchen is a learning lab for children that can involve all of their senses. While kneading, tossing, pouring, smelling, cutting, and feeling foods
Author: Christine Duncan
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Oldham County is rated as being one of the healthiest in the state. Vegetarian cooking emerged from a survey of residents interest. The FCS Agent presentation explained the health advantages and possible problems in following a vegetarian or vegan diet. Several economical recipes were demonstrated and offered for sampling. Results from written surveys at the conclusion of the program indicated that all participants had a greater understanding of vegetarian diets. Several partic
