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Description:
To assist low-income residents of the county make healthier food decisions
by providing educational programs with an emphasis on food preparation.
Objectives:
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Dietary Quality: To motivate participants to adopt eating and lifestyle
behaviors that are consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
and the Food Guide Pyramid.
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Food Safety: To improve households' safe handling, preparation, and
storage of food.
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Shopping Behavior/Food Resource Management: To enhance practices related
to thrifty shopping for the preparation of nutritious foods.
·
Food Security: To insure that low-income individuals and families
have enough to eat without resorting to emergency food assistance.
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Approach:
· One-On-One Class Series: Meet with adult participant for
four to eight 1.5-hour sessions discussing topics related to the objectives
above. Class series will be designed to meet individual learning needs.
Meal preparation integrated into each session. We can meet in the office
or we do home visits.
·
Group Class Series: Meet with a group of 2-10 adult participants for
four to eight 2-hour sessions discussing topics related to the objectives
above. Class series will be designed to meet overall needs of the group.
Meal preparation integrated into each session.
·
Adult Group Presentations: One-time presentation on a nutrition topic
for a small to medium sized group of adults.
·
Youth Group Series: Series of lessons presented to youth groups focusing
on cooking skills competency, basics of nutrition and healthy food choices,
and food safety. Food preparation integrated into each session.
Potential
Topics:
· Cooking on a budget
· How to save 20% on your grocery bill
· What can $10 buy?
· Eating a well-balanced diet
· Cooking with fruits and vegetables
· Cutting the fat
· Cutting the sugar
· Cutting the sodium
· Eating to reduce your risk of cancer
· Eating to reduce your risk of heart disease
· Nutrition during pregnancy
· Picnic/Barbeque safety
· Growing your own food
· Breastfeeding education
· Feeding kids
Cost:
Free to individuals meeting income guidelines. Eat Smart New York! provides
all teaching tools and supplies. Cooperating agencies are asked to provide
for food costs.
NEW Links:
Center For Disease http://www.cdc.gov
http://www.aicr.org/
USDA - Dietary guide lines and tips http://www.mypyramid.gov/
http://www.kidnetic.com/
http://www.5aday.gov/ 5 A Day web site
Another Web site
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/5aday/index.htm 5 a Day -CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec80059b1a Health Promotion CDC
http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/nutrition.html American
dietetic Association - Nutrition and Health Page
http://cayugacounty.us/hhs/doh/
another web site??
http://aom.americaonthemove.org America on the move
http://www.tvturnoff.org/ TV Turnoff
Nutrition
Works - Cornell University's Division of Nutritional Science professional
development resource
Eat
Smart New York -
Family and Community Food Decision
-making Program -
- A learning web of Cornell and Community food system stakeholders interested
in helping families and communities make healthy food decisions that support
local food system.
Cornell
University Wellness Program
...providing employees and retirees with diverse opportunities that foster
joy, balance, and well-being
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