"Spotlight Series": Monroe County

Our continuing "Spotlight Series": Monroe County

Cooperative Extension Service provides a range of education programming and activities to support the well-being of Kentuckians. One good example is in Monroe County where they are in the state's highest quintile for prevalence of obesity with a rate of 40%. These startling statistics led the County Extension Council to indicate increasing cardiovascular disease awareness as a major area of programming. The County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences coordinated low impact aerobics classes, Get Moving Kentucky, Portion Distortion, nutrition programming with youth, and Weight the Reality Series to reach 658 Monroe Countians. Participants reported that 100% now realize the importance of physical activity and proper nutrition, 80% have increased their amount of physical activity, and 68% of those trying to lose weight have lost weight as a result of one of the programs.

For more information about the needs of families in Monroe County and how UK Cooperative Extension is providing services, please click here to see the full Monroe County Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Profile.