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
Helping adults learn about food and nutrition and the benefits of healthy lifestyle choices are the goals of the Boone County Cooperative Extension Service's Friday Food Fun Group. The program brings more than 40 adults together monthly to focus on one issue or topic related to food or nutrition. A written survey assessed the knowledge and behavior changes of those participants. Survey results showed: 96 percent improved their safe food-handling practices; 61 percent made changes to improve their health; and 63 percent eat more fruits and vegetables. Overall, participants have changed their eating habits to include more healthful food choices and may, therefore, end up with fewer chronic diseases and be less of a burden on the health care system.
To see the entire Building Strong Families county profile for Boone county, please click the link.
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