Eat Better For Less

During 2013-2016, 36.6% of adults consumed fast food on a given day. Fast food is a part of the American diet that has been associated with high calorie intake, and poor diet quality.

To address this issue, The Boone County Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Assistant (SNAP-ED) offered an “Eat Better for Less” seven part series. We started with seven participants, then grew to forty participants throughout the series. The participant’s interests were learning about how to improve their diets and the delicious, nutritious recipes that we provided every week.  

During the class conversations, participants discussed ways to shop using a budget, grocery lists and reading labels for nutrition facts. One participant shared that this was an easy transformation for her family to make. Even through this hard time, the percent of Food Resources Management increased in making dinner at home with nutrition values, and planning meals.

As a result, they have started cooking more at home and eating out less. This has helped her with nutrition for her young family and cut their cost on expensive restaurant foods. She is excited for every class to learn more information, recipes and to try the cooking reinforcement tools that were given, such as grocery lists and cooking utensils.

Data from: CDC Center Disease Control and Prevention