Welcome to Kentucky Family Policy
This blog is dedicated to examining issues facing the Commonwealth of Kentucky and providing a nonpartisan, family perspective on public policy making. We hope to provide a forum for Kentuckians to review and discuss current legislative actions and the issues such actions are attempting to address. The opinions expressed herein belong solely to the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Kentucky, its affiliates, or its representatives.
What the authors of this blog will contribute:
1) Summarize current state, national, and international research related to topics relevant to current legilative actions.
2) Describe Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service programs and activities currently addressing issues related to legilative actions in the various counties.
3) Provide expert commentaries via podcasts and videocasts on issues relevant to current legilative actions.
Please see "Priority Bills" section on the right for a short list of the most current legislative actions relevant to the family focus of this blog
To address an obesity rate of 30.9%, Menifee County Cooperative Extension Service, in partner with Menifee County Board of Education for the Get Menifee Moving initiative, offered "Weight: The Reality Series," (WTRS) an eight-session series over 10 weeks. WTRS teaches participants how to maintain a healthy body weight and body image. Topics included portion control, designing a plan for weight loss, and understanding what is eaten. Sessions, taught to 40 participants, followed a classroom style, using handouts, discussion, and examples of healthy foods and physical activity at a local elementary school. Survey results showed that 20% of participants lost more than 5% body weight; and 5% lost more than 10% body weight.
To see the entire Building Strong Families county profile for Menifee county, please click the link.
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