Success StoryVegetables are Snacks



Vegetables are Snacks

Author: Marcia Moss

Planning Unit: Bullitt County CES

Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

According to the 2019-20 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) found obesity rates for youth ages 10 to 17 in Kentucky to be 23.8% which is the highest in the Country. To help address this issue, in February of 2022 the Bullitt County Extension Office once again partnered with Crossroads Elementary to offer the My Plate for Children. This consisted of seventy-five third graders. The classes included tips on food safety, physical activity and the five food groups.

One of the students remarked that he remembered having the class as a first grader and that he still had the cookbook that was given to him. He also said that he has eaten more vegetables as a snack because of the recipes in his book. According to beginning and ending comparison data from a national reporting system, 32% of the students showed improvement when it came to eating vegetables as a snack.






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