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Impact Report

For plan KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (Lea County)
Date October 19, 2010, 5:42 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report Community Programs: Several nutritional programs were given within Lea County. The results of those programs are as follows: *Thirty percent (30%) of the participants in a Water Bath canning workshop preserved fruits and vegetables from their home garden for their families to enjoy later in the year. All of the participants in the 2010 class had canned previously, and took to class to learn updates on the processing methods needed to process foods safely and correctly at home. *As a part of National Library Week, a Healthy Grilling program was given to the general public. Individuals who attended the program learned about marinates, rubs, and food safety. Throughout the year various newsletter articles and newspaper articles are circulated to the residents of the county on nutrition information. Diabetes Education: To address the high rate of diabetes in Lea County, the diabetes educator and myself set out to plan five (5) diabetes cooking schools for the county residents. The classes were to reach residents in the county from Jal to Tatum. Four (4) of the classes were taught in English and the last one was taught in Spanish. Close to 100 individuals with diabetes and their caretakers attended the five (5) cooking schools. Not all the funding for the cooking schools came from NMSU. Two of the classes were funded by county resources, three of the schools were funded by a grant between NMSU and the NM Department of Health, Control and Prevention. As a member of the Lea County Indigent Diabetes Program, nutritional information has been provided to individuals and families regarding diabetes. As a result of these contacts 25% of these individuals have signed up to attend one of the three Kitchen Creations cooking schools held throughout the last year.