Success StoryMaking Healthier Choices



Making Healthier Choices

Author: Benita Wade

Planning Unit: Christian County CES

Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

Fruit and vegetable consumption in Kentucky is too low with only 8% of adults meeting the daily fruit recommendations as compared to 12.2 % nationally and only 6.3% Kentuckians meeting the vegetable recommendations compared to 9.3% nationally.

The Christian County SNAP-Ed assistant taught the Healthy Choices for Every Body curriculum to staff and community members at a charity organization that serves the homeless and other limited resource people. The group was served healthy snacks featuring fruits and vegetables such as Very Berry Salsa and Carrot Morning Muffins while learning about nutrition, meal planning, food safety and other related topics.

Based on pre and post-tests, 100% of the participants showed improvement in one or more diet quality indicators which included 86% eating more fruit a day and 43% eating more vegetables a day and drinking less regular soda. 100% of participants showed improvement in one or more food resource management practices with 71% planning meals more often before shopping and 67% cooking dinner at home more times a week. In addition, 71% of the group showed improvement in food safety practices and 57% showed improvement in physical activity practices.

 






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