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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




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Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025


Success StoryChoose Healthy Foods



Choose Healthy Foods

Author: Bethony Morris

Planning Unit: Hancock County CES

Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

Hancock County Cooperative Extension Nutritional Education Assistant (NEP) partnered with South Hancock Elementary schools PE teacher.  The first grade was excited to learn about healthy food choices. They wanted to help their bodies to be strong and healthy.

When the LEAP program began the children didn’t know about the MyPlate. So along with great books, the class discussed the benefits of MyPlate and how to read it. The children learned how to try to make each meal as close to the Federal Dietary Recommendations as possible. But not only meals, their snack choices also. The NEP taught about how choosing healthy snacks, matching meals according to the MyPlate, and making all around better food choices will help them to grow healthy.

At the end of the LEAP program the children took the exit survey, and 95% of the children improved their abilities to choose foods according to the Federal Dietary Recommendations.






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