Author: Anita Jones
Planning Unit: Carter County CES
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
Fast food is something that is not always the healthiest food choice. The Carter County Nutrition Education Program Assistant Senior taught 7 lessons from the Healthy Choices for Every Body Curriculum to each of the participants enrolled in the program. When participants enter the program and complete Entry papers 44% said they cook dinner at home. After the 7 lessons, and the exit papers, 56% now say they are preparing dinner at home more times a week. That is 12% change in how many days a week they are cooking meals and be healthier at home rather than have unhealthy fast food.
In Carter County, 71 out of every 1000 children live in Foster Care. The Carter County Nutrition Edu... Read More
In 2019, 33.9 % of children in Carter County lived in poverty. 23.9% lived in households where food ... Read More
The six session gardening program was geared toward youth to learn about gardening, how to read gard... Read More
The pandemic gave people more time at home to focus on gardening and forced Extension Agents to... Read More