According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention 40% of Kentuckians are obese. Obesity can lead to High blood pressure (hypertension), High LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, or high levels of triglycerides (dyslipidemia),Type 2 diabetes, Coronary heart disease, Stroke, Gallbladder disease, Osteoarthritis (a breakdown of cartilage and bone within a joint), Sleep apnea and breathing problems, Many types of cancer, Low quality of life, Mental illness such as clinical depression, anxiety, and other mental disorders, and Body pain and difficulty with physical functioning. 

To reduce these issues, The Breckinridge County Cooperative Extension Service EFNEP (Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program) Assistant partnered with Breckinridge County Detention Center. Healthy Choices for Everybody Curriculum was taught to 40 men, every other week for an hour. The men learned physical fitness comes from eating healthy and being physically active. My Plate was taught, and the men learned the importance of eating all 5 food groups. Understanding the effects of salt, sugar, and solid fats on the body. And understanding how to read labels. The men also received physical fitness tips that was given out through the curriculum booklets. The men encouraged one another to be physically active and worked out with each other and would report back to the Assistant upon returning to next week’s class. 

At the conclusion of the program, 75% of the men exercised for at least 30 minutes a day, 75% did strength training, and 75% tried to make small changes to be more active.