A group of women that attended a local church group in Jefferson County were concerned about the risks associated with the amount of sugar consumed by their kids and sought help within the church network. They were advised to join the Healthy Choices for Every Body program to find out how to improve their health condition. In the classes led by the Nutrition Education Program Assistant with the University of Kentucky’s Cooperative Extension Service, they were taught how to reduce the amount of sugar in their kid’s drinks by adding more fresh fruits and low sugar substitutes in order to decrease the amount of high sugar content drinks their families were consuming.

After several classes they started making little changes in their kids’ habits and kept bringing new friends to the group. They were really happy to learn and help other friends and families which they knew were affected by the same type of problems and were in need of help, as several members of the group were suffering From Type 2 Diabetes and had struggled to control it in the past. At the conclusion of the program,we noticed a 77% improvement in their daily intake of sugar drinks ,sport drinks and a 82 % improvement in their soda consumption showing a good behavior change in their diet habits.