Success StoryBiggest Winner 2020
Biggest Winner 2020
Author: Laura Milburn
Planning Unit: Washington County CES
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
According to Kentucky Health Facts org, Washington County reports that 29% of its residents have some form of hypertension and report being physically unhealthy at least 5 days a month.
To combat these numbers the Washington County Family Consumer Science agent and the SNAP-Ed Program Assistant with the Lincoln Trail Health Department and Fuel Fitness Center offered a Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle course titled Biggest Winner 2020.
Weekly meetings were held over the course of 3 months. This group reached 18 participants, with 40 additional people being reached in the participant’s families. The participants were taught from ‘Healthy Choices for Everybody’ curriculum.
At the end of the program 31% of participants showed improvement in one or more nutrition practices, i.e. diet quality, food safety and food resource management. The 92% positive change in one or more food group consumption will help with the participants overall health and well-being.
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