According to CDC’s 2018 state indicator Report on Fruits and Vegetables, only 8% of adults meet the daily fruit intake and only 6.3% meet the daily vegetable intake. Eating a diet that consists of fruit and vegetables can decrease the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, some cancers, and obesity.

 In order to help address this, 7 session program called Families in the Kitchen…. Cook Together, Eat Together was conducted. The Breckinridge County Cooperative Extension EFNEP Assistant (Extended Food and Nutrition Education Program) lead seven local families in the community in these 2-hour programs. The Program provided nutrition education, food resource management, diet quality, and hands on cooking skills.

 The families concluded a100% increase of eating vegetables more often, 100% vegetables being red and orange, which help fight free radicals that are known to fight cancer.  75% in eating dark green vegetables, and 75% eating more fruit each day. One single mom stated my “choosy eater would have never tried this at home, helping me cook it made huge difference”! Another parent stated, “now when I pack my lunch, I make sure it has fruit and vegetables in it”.