Success StoryMoving Toward Good Nutrition in Recovery



Moving Toward Good Nutrition in Recovery

Author: Sandra Kennedy

Planning Unit: Clark County CES

Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

Getting the proper nutrition in a recovery center can be difficult when you can’t

choose the foods that you eat. Having restrictions can take a toll on the body as a

whole. Healthy Choices for Your Recovering Body is a curriculum developed by the

Nutrition Education Program and the Family and Consumer Sciences Extension

Program at the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service. This

program was offered at the Recovery Center in Clark County for both the men and

women groups.

After assessing the basic nutritional needs of the clientele, a plan was introduced to

enhance the healing process from years of past use.

The participants at the center became more interested in the program immediately

after the lesson, “Moving Toward Good Nutrition”. They learned the benefits of

balanced meals, and adding more physical activity to help build back muscles that

were weakened by drug use over time.

After the curriculum lessons were taught, 24 participants commented on the

reaction of having adequate nutrition really helped them understand that what you

put into your body will have a lasting impact on your overall health and recovery.

As they move on from recovery into sober living, they will take with them tools that

will help them keep their sobriety moving forward.






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