Cooperative Extension Service Departments
Family and Consumer Sciences Department Programming
Food Stamp Nutrition Education
Adult Curricula and Education Resources
Updates completed February 2006.
Lessons (16) targeted to
limited-resource individuals and families that concentrate on General Knowledge
of Nutrition, Food and Meal Planning, Food Purchasing, Food Storage and
Sanitation, and Food Preparation.
Expected release: Fall 2007
- Eat Well for Less/Healthy Families: Eating Smart & Being Active – Colorado State University Extension
Colorado State
University is replacing Eat Well for Less with Healthy Families: Eating Smart &
Being Active
Raises participant
awareness about the importance of eating well on a limited income and to provide
tools for positive change in eating, shopping and food preparation behaviors.
The lessons teach the Food Guide Pyramid through self-assessment and also cover
shopping, food safety, food budgeting and menu planning.
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Fight Bac – Partnership for Food Safety Education
Materials teach food safety
using experiments to help participants discover the science behind food safety.
This project provides educational and promotional materials and
techniques for use with Food Stamp Program (FSP) participants and eligibles. The
materials are specifically targeted and designed for English and Spanish
speaking women with children ages 2 through 18.
Includes (41) newsletters
and (3) sharing sessions to help parents and other caregivers promote healthful
eating and active living to young children.
- Nutrition $en$e
– Mississippi State University Extension
Includes four lessons: 1) Planning $ense, 2) Money $ense, Safe Food $ense, and
4) Smart Shopping $ense.
- Reshape Yourself
– University of Arkansas Extension
Updates are being field tested.
Nutrition education program
and group support for individuals wanting to work toward a healthier lifestyle,
which may include losing weight. The program focuses on choosing a sensible,
balanced diet that fits the individual’s lifestyle, walking regularly for
exercise, and making lifelong behavioral changes.
- Right Bite Cooking
– University of Arkansas Extension
Updates are in progress.
Participants learn to
reduce fat and sodium, increase fruits, vegetables and fiber, and use
alternative sweeteners in food preparation. Includes teaching guide, overheads
and handouts.
Table top educational
displays and accompanying newsletter with topics related to dietary quality,
physical activity, and food safety. Newsletter titles include: Have you Fed
Your Bones Today?; Fight Bac; Eat Your Colors to Stay Healthy and Fit; Get Up,
Get Moving!; Listen to Your Heart; Eat Smart, Be Active; What Size is Your
Serving?; Body Mass Index; Snack Attack!; Just Add Water!; Read it Before You
Eat it!; and Fiber…Are You Getting Enough?
Entertaining, informative
program designed to help families Take Down Fat, Take 5 a Day and Take Action
and brings the messages to life by emphasizing the importance of incorporating
healthy habits into daily life.
This curriculum includes
twelve lessons on the following topics: heart disease and high blood pressure,
Take 5 A Day, Staying Physically Active, Budget Fat and Finances, Fresh Water
and Good Health, Calcium and Osteoporosis, Nutrition and cancer prevention,
Diabetes, Managing Arthritis, Food Safety, and Dental Health. Uses the Take
Charge of Your Health campaign messages of Take Down Fat, Take 5 A Day and take
Action. Only lessons which focus on improving dietary quality and/or contain
related activities as a way of promoting health and preventing diet-related
diseases are used in the FSNE program.
- Touching Hearts, Touching Minds – Massachusetts WIC Nutrition
Program
Emotion based nutrition education materials for parents of young
children. This curriculum is based on the idea that emotions, not logic or facts
alone, drive behaviors and lead to behavior change.
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