Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices

According to www.countyhealthrankings.org, 43% of McCreary County citizens are in poor or fair health and 31% of adults are obese. On the financial side of things, more than half of U.S. households are believed to live paycheck to paycheck. In McCreary County, the unemployment rate is 14.1%; 51% of children live in poverty. As a result of these numbers, the McCreary County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent offered the "Small Steps to Health and Wealth" program. The program was split into six one-hour sessions. Eight participants attended all sessions. Several topics dealing with financial and physical well-being were presented, and all participants made positive comments about changes made as a result of those sessions. This program has already been requested for another session.

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