Success StoryHealthy Eating Practices and Nutritional Knowledge for Families



Healthy Eating Practices and Nutritional Knowledge for Families

Author: Brenda Cockerham

Planning Unit: Johnson County CES

Major Program: Promoting Healthy Homes and Communities (general)

Plan of Work: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices

Outcome: Initial Outcome

In 2018-19, FCS was able to reach 3, 601 youth and families with information about foods and nutrition through various efforts. The Snap program reached 273 youth with marked results such as an average of 77% of participants improving their diets by adopting one or more improved food selection behaviors and an average of 65% adopting 1 or more behaviors related to improved physical activities. Volunteer instructors at  K-3 at  Central Elementary have been reached with Organwise program with teachers reaching all of their students with quality curriculum about good health practices, while Highland Elementary also received resources from a portion of an Extension grant to reach 30 special needs children. The FCS agent also reached the first grades (90 students) at Highland with 3 separate programs in the LEAP series and growing their own seeds. One hundred preschool children and their families were reached through the Parent Expo event, and elements of each of Extension's main events (such as Farm and Home Field Day, Beefin' It Up)  had a children's health component where good nutrition standards and resources were shared with parents and children.  All groups reached reported an increase of knowledge and awareness of good nutrition and health practices.






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