Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices

The Boyd County Cooperative Extension Service's Nutrition Education Program paraprofessional taught 94 limited resource families how to serve more nutritious meals, to keep foods safe, and to utilize local food resources effectively. As a result, 91 percent of families made an improvement in the nutritional quality of their diet; 50 percent of program graduate families consumed a diet of higher quality because they planned meals using the food guide pyramid, considered healthy choices, and used the "Nutrition Facts" label; 57 percent of families increased the frequency of moderate physical activity for 30 minutes per day; 60 percent of families demonstrated an improvement in safe food handling practices and hand washing behavior; and 43 percent of families learned to plan meals ahead of time and use a grocery list.
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