U.S. Dietary and Physical Activity Guideline Knowledge and Corresponding Behaviors Among 4th and 5th Grade Students: A Multi-Site Pilot Study

Knowledge of U.S. dietary and physical activity recommendations and corresponding behaviors were surveyed among 4th and 5th graders in five Arizona counties to determine the need for related education in SNAP-Ed eligible schools.

Physical Activity: Get Up and Move!

Regular physical activity provides many valuable health benefits. Some of the advantages that regular exercise offers the mind and body include: Building and maintaining healthy bones and muscles. Reducing the risk and problems associated with depression and anxiety. Promoting better sleep quality. Helping maintain a healthy weight. Reducing the risk of many chronic diseases

Food Product Dating and Storage Times

Revised 06/2015; Originally published: 07/20063 pp.Nutritious food is an important part of individual health and wellness. One way to ensure food is nutritious is to check the date on packages. The date is a guideline to help consumers use food when it is at its peak quality or before spoilage begins. Proper storage conditions and times are also essential in keeping healthy food safe to consume

Ideas for Picky Eaters

3 pp.Parents of picky eaters often find it challenging to motivate their children to eat healthy, balanced meals. Two important goals of ensuring healthy lifestyles for our children include teaching them about the importance of a balanced, nutritious diet, and modeling healthy meals at home. For parents of picky eaters, this can seem like an impossible task

Delicious and Nutritious: Meals for Families with Toddlers

Providing healthy family meals your toddler approves of may seem nearly impossible to do. Oftentimes, it seems like toddlers go through phases of not wanting to eat what is prepared for the family. Furthermore, it seems like healthy eating can take too much time to prepare. These challenges can make busy parents feel overwhelmed and desperate for a solution. This publication is intended to help parents find ways to include healthy, age-appropriate options that are a part of regular family meals

Keeping Food Safety in Mind with Cutting Boards

2 pp.Cutting boards come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and are comprised of various materials such as wood, bamboo, acrylic, plastic, glass, marble, and pyroceramic. There are various steps one can take to ensure proper cutting board sanitation and food safety

Corn: A Fruit, Vegetable, Grain, or All Three?

When many people think of corn, they think of warm evenings with family and friends enjoying the delicious, crisp bits of sweet, buttery-tasting corn on the cob as part of the summer and fall bounties. Others may think of the aroma of dried corn kernels being popped for a movie night or being ground and prepared to make masa and corn tortillas. Still, others, particularly ranchers and dairy producers, may think of growing field corn as silage and as grain for feeding their livestock. All of these different activities revolve around corn, and yet corn is not categorized into one food group. Depending on the type of corn grown, when in its lifecycle it is harvested, and how corn is consumed or utilized, it can be classified either as a fruit, vegetable, or grain

Hispanic EFNEP women do not meet DGA

Immigration influences diet change

Key Facts on Sugar Substitutes

3 pp.Artificial sweeteners can help consumers cut down on calories and control weight, help to manage chronic conditions such as diabetes, and potentially prevent cavities. This publication explores the several different sugar substitutes approved by the USDA for consumer consumption

Distribution of demographic and household characteristics of women by Bidimensional Acculturation Scale classifications.

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