Extension
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| 2066 - Accessing Nutritious Foods (general) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2066.1) | 55 |
Number individuals reporting that their family supplemented their diets with healthy foods that they produced or preserved |
| 2066.2) | 55 |
Number of individuals who reported eating more healthy foods |
| 2066.3) | 55 |
Number of individuals reporting that they utilized delivery systems/access points (e.g. farmer’s markets, CSA’s WIC, Food Pantry) that offer healthy foods |
| 2066.4) | 0 |
Number of farmers markets accepting EBT cards |
| 2066.5) | 0 |
Dollars in EBT, WIC or Senior benefits redeemed at farmers markets |
| 2066.6) | 0 |
Number of families who grew a garden this year |
| 2066.7) | 3 |
Number of first time growers or those who haven’t grown in five or more years |
| 2066.8) | 0 |
Number of restaurants/other institutions utilizing local foods as a result of Extension programming |
Author: Connie Downey
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The kentuckyhealthfacts.org reports that 38% of the adult population in Clay County reported less than good health, 19% have diabetes, 47% have hypertension and 40% reports lack of physical activity. Throughout the year the SNAP-Ed assistant has partnered with Remnant Bread of Life Food Panty to help teach their clients to make healthy choices in their diets and to stretch their food dollars.Four women have been coming in each month to get a food box and have participated in the program. These w
Author: Connie Downey
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
The kentuckyhealthfacts.org reports that 38% of the adult population in Clay County is obese. Throughout the year the SNAP-Ed Assistant has been working with Chad’s Hope to teach their clients how to make healthy choices.During the course of one lesson in the program, titled Know the Limits for Every Body, which is about sugar, fat and sodium 6 of the participants decided that drinking soda was unhealthy after viewing the sugar tubes and reading the food label. They all gave up drinking so
