EFNEP: Celebrating 50 Years of USDA-NIFA Funded Nutrition Education

In 2019, the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) will celebrate 50 years of effective, evidence-based, nutrition education programming in communities throughout the United States. In our ignite session, we plan to highlight the program's history, purpose, strengths, impacts, and partnerships (nationally and locally, past and present), and how EFNEP has played a role in building well-connected communities for the past 50 years. Further, we will highlight how the program contributes to improving social, economic, and environmental conditions through providing free nutrition education to limited-resource families (thus cultivating a culture of health). In doing so, we also promote skills to enrich healthy relationships and strengthen families, because healthy families are strong families. EFNEP does more than share nutrition information; EFNEP changes lives, families, communities, and organizations! EFNEP is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) and is implemented by land-grant universities. EFNEP provides free nutrition education to limited-resource families, particularly those with young children, and youth enrolled in schools/districts with 50 percent or more of students eligible for free and reduced lunch. The program has been in effect since 1969. The program is implemented using a paraprofessional model of community nutrition education. In Ohio, the paraprofessionals who work for EFNEP are referred to as program assistants (PAs), but they do far more than assist the program. PAs recruit families and receive referrals from current and former participants, neighborhood contacts, and community organizations and agencies. Our PAs are the heart of the program. Their energy, dedication, personal experiences, and presence within their communities, coupled with our robust evaluation and reporting procedures, are what make EFNEP such a strong program—a program that has been serving communities throughout the country for 50 years. EFNEP has a strong history of evaluation and reporting. Land-grant universities implementing EFNEP collect the same information from adults and from youth participants, allowing data to be collected locally and analyzed nationally. In Ohio, EFNEP is in 20 counties throughout the state. Nationally, EFNEP provides nutrition education in all 50 states and six U.S. territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Micronesia, and Northern Marianas). Through a community-based, relationship-driven, hands-on educational approach, EFNEP has directly impacted economic, obesity, and food insecurity challenges that hinder the health and well-being of this nation. The partnerships formed across the nation (and in local communities within Ohio) have contributed to EFNEP's resilient and sustainable future.AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Amy Habig, OSU Extension program specialist, EFNEP, [email protected] (Corresponding Author); Amy Hollar, OSU Extension program specialist, EFNEP; Nancy Lyons, OSU Extension program specialist, EFNEP; Kristen Matlack, OSU Extension program specialist, EFNEPIn 2019, the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program will celebrate 50 years of effective, evidence-based, nutrition education programming in communities throughout the United States. Learn about the program history, purpose, strengths, impacts, and partnerships (nationally and locally, past and present), and how EFNEP has played a role in building well-connected communities for the past 50 years. Learn how the program contributes to improving social, economic, and environmental conditions by providing free nutrition education to limited-resource families (thus cultivating a culture of health). In doing so, we also promote skills to enrich healthy relationships and strengthen families, because healthy families are strong families. EFNEP changes lives, families, communities, and organizations, and we want to celebrate these accomplishments

Measurement of associated Z plus charm production in proton-proton collisions at root s=8TeV

A study of the associated production of a Z boson and a charm quark jet (Z + c), and a comparison to production with a b quark jet (Z + b), in pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 8 TeV are presented. The analysis uses a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb(-1), collected with the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. The Z boson candidates are identified through their decays into pairs of electrons or muons. Jets originating from heavy flavour quarks are identified using semileptonic decays of c or b flavoured hadrons and hadronic decays of charm hadrons. The measurements are performed in the kinematic region with two leptons with pT(l) > 20 GeV, vertical bar eta(l)vertical bar 25 GeV and vertical bar eta(jet)vertical bar Z + c + X) B(Z -> l(+)l(-)) = 8.8 +/- 0.5 (stat)+/- 0.6 (syst) pb. The ratio of the Z+c and Z+b production cross sections is measured to be sigma(pp -> Z+c+X)/sigma (pp -> Z+b+X) = 2.0 +/- 0.2 (stat)+/- 0.2 (syst). The Z+c production cross section and the cross section ratio are also measured as a function of the transverse momentum of theZ boson and of the heavy flavour jet. The measurements are compared with theoretical predictions.Peer reviewe

Measurement of the underlying event activity in inclusive Z boson production in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

This paper presents a measurement of the underlying event activity in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13TeV, performed using inclusive Z boson production events collected with the CMS experiment at the LHC. The analyzed data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 2.1 fb(-1). The underlying event activity is quantified in terms of the charged particle multiplicity, as well as of the scalar sum of the charged particles' transverse momenta in different topological regions defined with respect to the Z boson direction. The distributions are unfolded to the stable particle level and compared with predictions from various Monte Carlo event generators, as well as with similar CDF and CMS measurements at center-of-mass energies of 1.96 and 7TeV respectively.Peer reviewe

The Science of Pizza: The Molecular Origins of Cheese, Bread, and Digestion Using Interactive Activities for the General Public

Abstract: We describe a presentation on the science of pizza, which is designed for the general public including children ages 6 and older. The presentation focuses on the science of making and digesting cheese and bread. We highlight 4 major scientific themes: (1) how macromolecules such as carbohydrates and proteins are composed of atoms and small molecules; (2) how macromolecules interact to form networks in bread and cheese; (3) how microbes contribute to the texture of bread; and (4) how enzymes break down macromolecules during digestion. Using live demonstrations and interactive exercises with children in the audience, we provide simple explanations of the scientific principles related to these themes that are essential for understanding how to make pizza, and what happens when we eat it. This general approach can be adapted to a variety of informal and classroom settings focused on sharing the excitement of scientific discovery and understanding with students and the public