During March of each year, National Nutrition Month is celebrated. Along with encouraging informed, healthy food decisions, nutrition professionals can also use this awareness month to suggest ways to incorporate physical activity habits into an attainable, daily lifestyle routine. There …
Webinar: On Your Mark, Get Set, Walk! Here’s How You Can Use Monday to Get Your Community Moving
Join eXtension, The Monday Campaigns, UF IFAS Extension on May 12, 2021 to learn about Move It Monday
To warm up, attendees will be introduced to Move It Monday, a non-profit initiative designed to encourage individuals of all fitness …
Local Partnerships Address Food Insecurity
Every fall, from the beginning of October through the Thanksgiving holiday, Extension offices across the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend region ask the community to help them collect unopened jars of peanut butter in the annual Peanut Butter Challenge. In …
Get Your County Moving – Healthy Lifestyles Initiatives
Being physically active is one of the most important things individuals can do to improve their health. Exercising in a group provides increased motivation, improved mental health and can help individuals stay committed. According to the World Population Review and …
Webinar: Making Food Fun: Helping Youth with Disabilities Eat Healthier
An hour-long lunch and learn session led by University of Florida Extension faculty focuses on making food fun for youth with disabilities.
The Healthy Food Choices in Schools CoP within eXtension is excited to bring you fun
Making Food Fun: Helping Youth with Disabilities Eat Healthier
Food selectivity or picky eating can sometimes lead to inadequate nutrition in youth with disabilities (Cermak et al., 2013). According to Bandini et al (2010), it can be defined to “include food refusal, limited food repertoire, and high frequency single …
Webinar Series: Encouraging Healthy Food Choices
Webinar Series: We are excited to offer the following series in collaboration with the Monday Campaigns, the ChopChop Family, UF/IFAS Extension, and eXtension. The following webinars are being offered as a series but we ask that you register for each …
Tips for Packing Healthy Lunches
With the appearance of COVID-19, many guidelines and laws across the states are changing. School administrators, teachers, parents and grandparents are working to supply food for children in a safe and healthy manner. Part of establishing and maintaining good health …
FoodCorps Transforming Elementary School Children’s Experience with Fruits and Vegetables
School classrooms and lunchrooms in Georgia are providing educational lessons to improve student’s preference for and consumption of fruits and vegetables. Increasing students’ exposure to fruits and vegetables has been seen to improve students liking (Laureati, Bergamaschi, & Pagliarini, 2014) …
Collaboration between STEM and Nutrition Program to Provide Unique Learning Experiences for Students at Georgia Elementary Schools
In Georgia, a Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) program is collaborating with a School Nutrition Program to provide unique learning opportunities for elementary school students. As a result, students are learning …