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County Impact Statements - Desha County
Extension Impacts the Health of Others Through Nutrition Education
The number of cases of diabetes in our county continues to increase. Learning
to eat to live healthy is vital to controlling one’s diabetes. There is no
dollar amount to be placed on the improve health of Desha County Extension
clients as they learn how to "Eat to Live."
"Thank you for your help with my diabetes. The diet and recipes you have made
up for me helped me to get my eating under control and lose weight...I feel so
much better that I just had to tell you. Thank you . You have been my special
angel." - Mrs. Carolyn L. Glosup, Eating to Live program participant
"After a lifetime of wearing a size 24 and larger, I never dreamed of being
any other size until I enrolled in the Extension FNEP program. The information I
got while attending the classes taught me a better way of shopping for and
preparing my food. I am now two dress sizes smaller and improved with the tools
to continue eating healthier meals. Thank you for the day you knocked on my
door. That knock has changed my entire look on life." - Mrs. Essie L. Jackson,
FNEP client
"It started with a pound here and two there and now I’m three dress sizes
larger than my ideal weight. My blood pressure got to where I was put on daily
medication. After going on your Extension program, "Eating to Live," I am
averaging two to three pounds of weight loss a week. My doctor says that I am
controlling my blood sugar level to the point that my medication has been
reduced and my pressure is under control also. Thank you for your interest in my
health." - Mrs. Fannie Austin, FNEP client
Hispanic clients participating in a nutrition education class
learn how to eat healthy with diabetes
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Impacts
- More than 1,500 people learned ways to eat healthy to live healthy.
- 350 people learned to use crock pots for economical and safe meal
preparation.
- 150 youth reached during summer nutrition education program.
- 38 limited resource clients preserved 120 jars of food for later use.
- 270 youth and adults participated in county-wide "Five A Day" Campaign.
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