Franklin County

Sort fact from fiction with reliable information from University of Missouri Extension on food, vitamins, exercise and preventive health care.

Local Resources

• Eat Well, Be Well with Diabetes - a four-class series that teaches healthy food choices for people with diabetes, their families and their friends. Sullivan starting September 28. Union series starting October 23. Pre-registration required.
• Quality for Keeps - information for those who produce and preserve food
• Jump Into Action - team-taught, school-based nutrition and physical education program to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes - contact Mary Schroepfer for more information.
• Food Power Adventure - Elementary school students (K-4) travel the path food takes from the farmer’s field to the sports field and learn where the food they eat comes from and how it gives them the energy to grow and play
• Family Nutrition Education Program - teaches school children and parents the value of healthy food choices, food safety and stretching the food dollar
• Family meals - values, manners, modeling, good food choices, family connectedness
• Knowledge in Action - feature articles on nutrition, and more!

Health and Nutrition Resources for East Central Missouri

• East Central Missouri Nutrition and Health page Learn about University of Missouri Extension programs.
• Celebrate! A Healthy You A newsletter devoted to helping individuals of every size live in a healthy body.
• Eat Well, Be Well With Diabetes A 4-session diabetes self-care class that includes practical information, meaningful discussions in a small-group setting, and skill-building.
• LifeTimes Quarterly newsletter to enhance the quality of life of individuals, families and communities.
• Quality for Keeps A newsletter for those who preserve food, published monthly (April through October).
• Stay Strong, Stay Healthy A 10-week strength training program for middle-aged and older adults who want to improve their quality of life and stay active.

Missouri-wide Nutrition and Health Resources

• MU Extension Nutrition and health section
  Find news, publications, programs, courses and events across the state.
• Missouri Families Get practical nutrition and health information

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		Franklin County University of Missouri Extension Center FranklinCo@missouri.edu Last revised: 08/21/08