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Impact Report

For plan KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (Doņa Ana County)
Date November 2, 2010, 3:13 am
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report The agent offered general nutrition information as part of workshops to elementary, middle school and university students, parents, seniors, department of health clients and colonias residents. The agent also offered nutrition information as part of community events such as health fairs, the City National Night Out and the Hatch Chile Festival. A particularly impactful part of this nutrition education is a display that shows how much sugar and fat is in common snack foods (i.e. candy bars, chips and soda. The agent taught 374 participants general nutrition topics such as portion distortion, label reading, how to incorporate math using nutrition, hidden sugars and fats and healthy holiday cooking. The agent also reached 675 people through health fairs and community events.