The Expanded Food Nutritional Education Program in Pike County KY has partnered with West Care Rehabilitation to teach their male residents /clients about nutrition by teaching My Plate Curriculum. 

Residents learned how to read recipes, measure, food safety, menu planning, portion control and how to make a grocery list. Residents helped with demonstration of recipes by measuring properly, using food safety and handing out portions samples.

Forty men entered with 100 % completion of twelve lessons.74 % showed improvement on Food Resource which includes planning meals, comparing prices, and using a shopping list, 75% showed improvement on Food Nutrition which includes preparing foods without salt, reading nutrition label and thinking about healthy choices.and 63 % on Food Safety learning not to thaw foods at room temperature and teaching their children how to put dairy foods back into the refrigerator.

One resident wrote "I never realized how bad my eating habits were until this class, how adding exercise and water instead of soda, would make such a big difference in the way I feel."