Shannon County

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Local Resources

 The Family Nutrition Program (FNP) is a grant-funded program designed to increase the quality of nutritional intake and help participants develop skills leading to better nutrition and healthier lifestyles.  The target audience includes, but is not limited to, children and youth.

Some of the curriculum  used is Food Safety Express, Professor Popcorn, and Delicious Decisions  in the elementary schools.  Hooked on Health and Balancing Act are used at the junior and senior high levels.  Great Beginnings, a program with the focus on nutrition during pregnancy, is taught in high school child development  classes.  Other areas of concentration include fitness and physical activity. 

The information that is used in the curriculums can include safe food handling and storage, fad diets and eating disorders, budgeting food dollars, and the food pyramid.

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

Note: Links to commercial websites do not imply endorsement.

• Food Safety Data Base
• American Dietetic Assoc.
• Food& Nutri. Info Center
• FDA
• Food 4 Kids***
• Meals for You
• USDA
• Vegetarian ResourceGroup
• Food For Thought 

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		University of Missouri Extension Shannon County shannonco@missouri.edu Updated 10/24/07