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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu

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Craig Wood, Ph.D
Acting Associate Dean & Director
UK Cooperative Extension Service

S-107 Ag. Science Center North Lexington, KY 40546-0091

+1 (859) 257-4302

craig.wood@uky.edu




Fiscal Year:
Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025


Success StoryWeight the Reality Series



Weight the Reality Series

Author: Amanda Howard

Planning Unit: Magoffin County CES

Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

                According to the Kentucky Extension Community Assessment for Magoffin County in 2019, thirty-nine percent of the population is considered obese.   Magoffin County has 41.3% of the households who are at or below the poverty level.  Beginning January 19, 2020, the Supplemental Nutrition Education Program Assistant Senior partnered with the Family and Consumer Science Educator to deliver Weight, the Reality Series program. A program to promote weight lose by educating the participants.  The Supplemental Nutrition Education Program Assistant Senior delivered lessons from the Healthy Choice for Everybody and prepared healthy recipe for tasting during each of the ten-week classes.

              At the end of ten-week series those who participated have all reported they had gained valuable knowledge about eating healthy, cooking healthy, and gained useful information about themselves and their personal weight-loss patterns. As a result of the Healthy Choices lessons and recipes prepared by the Supplemental Nutrition Education Program Assistant Senior participants learned how to shop and prepare food in a healthier manner.  







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