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Strength In Numbers - Northeast Missouri 2021

Event date: Jan. 19, 2021 - Dec. 21, 2021

Strength in Numbers puts those interpersonal processes to work to help you make healthy lifestyle changes. Coordinating with other activities already in your schedule — such as service clubs or faith-based groups — we provide virtual health ...

Living a Healthy Life with Diabetes

Event date: Oct. 25, 2021 - Dec. 6, 2021

The Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSMP) is a six-week group program for people with type 2 diabetes and/or their caregivers and is designed to help participants manage their diabetes symptoms, tiredness, pain, and emotional issues, by helping ...

Performance Nutrition: The Competitive Edge

Bring Performance Nutrition: The Competitive Edge to your area to help your athletes improve their performance and stay healthy. Performance Nutrition is a multifaceted program that covers precompetition and post-competition nutrition and other ...

Health Information for Men

Bring Health Information for Men to your community or business to stay on top of your health! This informational series covers the critical information men need to know. It features short 30-minute lessons and activities to boost your knowledge. ...

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Autumn is pumpkin time

Published: Monday, Oct. 11, 2021

COLUMBIA, Mo. – “This fall, millions of Americans will make an annual pilgrimage to a retail outlet to purchase a vegetable they, unfortunately, are unlikely to eat,” said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein.In the ...

Healthy communities begin with healthy food

Published: Friday, June 4, 2021

PARIS, Mo. – Healthy communities grow in bountiful gardens.A partnership between University of Missouri Extension and groups in the Mark Twain Lake area is teaching people in Monroe County to grow and use fresh produce.The idea came about when MU ...

Missouri Care gift to help grow 4-H student nutrition advisory clubs

Published: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Missouri 4-H received $25,000 from Missouri Care Inc. to support young people across Missouri in promoting healthy habits in their communities.The 4-H Student Nutrition Advisory Council (SNAC) initiative, piloted last year in the ...

Holiday food safety tips

Published: Monday, Nov. 18, 2019

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – If you’re hosting a holiday meal, make food safety a priority or you might end up with ungrateful guests.“Hosting a holiday meal often means having more people at the table, serving a wider variety of dishes and perhaps ...

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Packing Smart School Lunches

Publication date: Sept. 1, 2021

$10.30

Packing a school lunch often means throwing together a sandwich and a bag of chips at the last minute while trying to get the kids on the bus. This handout provides tips for parents and caregivers to save both time and money while packing a healthy ...

Let's Read About Healthy Eating — Newsletter for Pre-kindergarten Curriculum Lesson 9: Beans

Publication date: Sept. 20, 2020

$11.15

This newsletter focuses on trying new types of beans to get iron and protein in alternative ways. It includes tips to encourage children to try new types of beans and includes a healthy and yummy recipe.Publications numbers for pre-kindergarten ...

Let's Read About Healthy Eating — Newsletter for Pre-kindergarten Curriculum Lesson 6: Protein

Publication date: Sept. 1, 2020

$11.15

This newsletter includes tips on encouraging children to try a variety of protein foods, including beans, peas, fish and other types of sandwich fillings such as hummus. It also includes two family-friendly recipes to prepare with kids.Publications ...

Let's Read About Healthy Eating — Newsletter for Pre-kindergarten Curriculum Lesson 3: Fruits and Vegetables

Publication date: Sept. 1, 2020

$11.15

Encourage children to choose vegetables at meals and for snacks. Let them help prepare veggies at home and choose them at store to cultivate health habits. This newsletter includes a family-friendly recipe: Rainbow Veggie Stir-Fry.Publications ...

Fun With Food and Fitness — Newsletter for First Grade Curriculum Lesson 1: Food Groups

Publication date: Sept. 1, 2020

$11.15

This newsletter corresponds with Lesson 1 of the Show Me Nutrition First Grade curriculum. In this handout, families are encouraged to be active together and involve children in choosing and preparing fun, family-friendly recipes. The newsletter also ...

Nutrient Bar Graph Cards

Publication date: May 1, 2020

$30.00

This publication includes cards for more than 40 different foods. Each card, printed on 8 ½ × 11 in. cardstock, includes a large colorful bar graph that displays the percent daily value for many of the nutrients found in each food. This allows for ...

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Performance Nutrition-2020

online $30.00

This is a six-module series designed to give you the knowledge you need about performance nutrition and why it is so important for athletic performance. In this course, we will discuss the topics of: hydration: how much to drink and when; ...

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Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Provides consumers with a broad range of nutrition information, including tips, videos, articles and recipes.

Centers for Disease Control, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity

Provides resources and strategies for reducing obesity as well as access to published research on the issue.

Choose MyPlate: Healthy Eating on a Budget

Tips for shopping and eating healthfully on a limited budget.

Cooking Matters

Resources provided by the Cooking Matters program to help families shop for and cook healthy meals on a budget.

Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Dietary information and guidelines for the general public.

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans is an essential resource for health professionals and policymakers as they design and implement food and nutrition programs that feed the American people, such as USDA’s National School Lunch Program and School ...

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