Success StoryGetting Seniors to Improve their Diet Quality
Getting Seniors to Improve their Diet Quality
Author: Lisa Musgrove
Planning Unit: McCreary County CES
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
The SNAP-Ed Program Assistant in McCreary County scheduled monthly meetings with seniors at The McCreary County Senior Citizens Center. The program assistant used The Healthy Choices for Every Body Curriculum. Participants met for 60 minutes. Meeting and learning about food safety, budgeting, meal planning, how to read nutrition labels and how to prepare healthy recipes. 95% of participants showed improvement in one or more diet quality indicators; like eating fruits, vegetables, red and orange vegetables, dark green vegetables, drinking less regular soda (not diet), drinking less fruit punch, fruit drinks, sweet tea or sports drinks and cooking dinner at home.
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