Extension
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| 2027 - Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2027.1) | 346 |
Number of people reporting improved lifestyles through a focus on proper nutrition, disease and injury reduction and comprehensive health maintenance |
| 2027.2) | 5 |
Number of healthy lifestyle-related coalitions in which Extension is involved |
| 2027.3) | 329 |
Number of people that reported eating more of healthy foods |
| 2027.4) | 198 |
Number of individuals who made lifestyle changes (diet, exercise, managing stressors, etc.) for the purpose of improving their health |
| 2027.5) | 98 |
Number of individuals implementing personal health protection practices (screening, immunizations, well-baby care, preventive health practices, etc.) |
| 2027.6) | 259 |
Total weight (in pounds) lost by program participants |
| 2027.7) | 1029 |
Total miles walked by program participants |
Author: Tracy Cowles
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
Taking the fear out of going to the doctor for preschool and school aged youth was an effort of the Family & Consumer Sciences Agent. What’s in a Doctor’s Bag?, a children’s book, was used to teach preschool, head start, kindergarten, first grade and second grade youth healthy lifestyles and to jump-start them as “medically” literate consumers.The story is about a child who is left alone in a doctor's office & who accidentally knocks over the
Author: Tracy Cowles
Major Program: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices (general)
The Butler County Nutrition Education Program Assistant, the Butler County Family and Consumer Science Agent, Andrea’s Mission for Men, and Andrea’s Mission for Men’s Dietician, came together to accomplish the goal of eating a healthy diet. Each week The NEP assistant taught Healthy Choices for Every Body curriculum to Andrea’s Mission for Men Rehabilitation facility.?The assistant observed an inconsistency in their diet, portion sizes, and affordability o
