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FNEP - Family Nutrition
Education Program
Nutrition and life skills for low-income
families
Healthy
Lifestyle Initiative
University of Missouri Extension is committed to promoting and
maintaining the lifelong health of all Missourians. The Healthy
Lifestyle Promotion Initiative is partnering with communities
to enable sustainable changes to increase access to healthy,
affordable food and safe, accessible physical activity. A holistic
community focus will result in a long-term, replicable model
that makes the healthy choice the easy choice.
Stay Strong,
Stay Healthy
A ten week strength training program that is designed for middle-age
and older adults. Participation in regular strengthening exercises
will help you to build muscle and increase bone density, thereby
helping to prevent frailty and osteoporosis. The goal of this
program is to improve health and quality of life for each participant.
Each Stay Strong, Stay Healthy session will include a warm-up,
simple strengthening exercises (with or without weights) and
cool down stretches.
Food Pantry Recipe Cards
A statewide program in which MU
Extension provides food pantries with cards every month that contain two
seasonal recipes and a physical activity tip.
Friday Backpack Program
A statewide program in which food banks provide children
with ready-to-eat food in backpacks on Fridays. MU Extension supplements this program by providing
educational materials every month to the organizations that assemble the
backpacks.
Food
Power
Elementary school students 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.
Jump Into Action
A team-taught, school-based program to help fifth-grade
students make healthy food choices and be more physically
active.
Food & Fitness at MissouriFamilies.org
Food Safety at MissouriFamilies.org
Nutrition Guides,
Food Guides
&
Fitness Guides
Extension Publications
From Harvest to Health at MissouriFamilies.org
How to select, store, prepare & preserve a variety of farm-fresh
produce
Health Observances Calendar
(FoodandHealth.com)
Farmers' Market Directory & Buying Guide
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Links
Nutritional Sciences related sites
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