Accessing Nutritious Food in Crittenden County

The goal of the Extension Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is to teach limited-resource families with young children to plan nutritious meals on a limited budget, acquire safe food handling practices, improve food preparation skills, and change behavior to have a healthy lifestyle. Crittenden County Extension EFNEP paraprofessional worked with 81 limited-resource families, graduating 45 families after 6-15 months. Forty-one percent of those graduating reported improvements in the nutritional quality of their diets, while 42% consumed a diet of higher quality because they planned meals using MyPyramid and nutrition facts on labels; 36% began feeding their children breakfast and 31% reported increased frequency of moderate physical activity for 30 minutes per day.

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