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| 2066 - Nutrition and Food Systems General | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2066.1) | 45 |
Number of individuals who reported eating 4-6 servings of fruits and/or vegetables daily |
| 2066.2) | 5 |
Number of individuals who reported they utilized delivery systems/access points (e.g. farmers’ markets, CSAs, WIC, food pantries) that offer healthy foods |
| 2066.5) | 5 |
Number of individuals who reported increased knowledge, skills, or intentions related to using the nutrition facts label |
| 2066.4) | 0 |
Number of families/caregivers who reported supplementing their diets with healthy foods that they grew or preserved (community or backyard gardens, fishing, hunting, farmers markets) |
| 2066.3) | 0 |
Dollars in EBT, WIC, or Senior benefits redeemed at farmers’ markets |
Author: Ola Donahue
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Research shows that daily living skills are extremely important for helping teens with autism become more independent adults. Indeed, adaptive skills may be more important than intelligence when it comes to predicting which teens will get a job or live on their own.Teens with Autism struggle with (ADLs) the more basic skills like personal hygiene, brushing teeth etc... They also struggle with (IADLs) which refers to more complex living task such as meal preparation and Laundry among other tasks
Author: Angela Baldauff
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
For several years the Kenton County Cooperative Extension Service’s Nutrition Education Program (NEP) Senior Assistant has partnered with St. Elizabeth’s Primewise Group to offer programming for senior adults. PrimeWise is a free program to adults 55 and over offered by St. Elizabeth Healthcare Systems. PrimeWise offers free educational events and opportunities for their clients in the northern Kentucky service area. In the fall of 2021, St. Elizabeth was continuing to p
Author: Angela Baldauff
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
According to America’s Health Rankings, only 9.4 percent of adults aged 18-44 in Kentucky report eating two or more fruits and three or more vegetables daily. Since adults (parents and caregivers) are those who are most likely selecting their family’s diets, we can assume the children in these families are also not eating the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables.To try to improve knowledge and consumption of fruits and vegetables in children, the Nutrition Educatio
Author: Angela Baldauff
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Obesity is a growing problem in America, and Kentucky ranks second highest in the nation with an adult obesity rate of 40.3, and Kentucky’s children have the highest rate of obesity in the nation at 23.8%. In the summer of 2020, students in Dietetics and Human Nutrition (DHN 597) Obesity and the Food Insecurity Paradigm: From Cell to Society discovered there were many factors other than a person’s individual choices and behaviors which affect people’s health. These factor
Author: Angela Baldauff
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality of life outcomes and risks.” (Healthy People 2030). Examples of social determinants of health include things such as access to quality education, safe affordable housing, access to nutritious foods at affordable prices, racial discrimination and violence, poverty, quality of clean air and wa
