This publication addresses the concept of mindful eating and its impact on maintaining a healthy diet. By focusing on awareness during meals, mindful eating encourages better food choices, portion...
Health interventions are policies, initiatives, or programs that can change perspectives and behaviors to improve overall health.1 This publication includes information about (1) impacts of and...
Foodborne illness is caused by eating foods and beverages contaminated with various pathogenic bacteria, viruses, and parasites. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that roughly 48...
As part of course design, instructors consider their learners’ needs to develop goals and objectives for course content. With the rising interest in non-traditional delivery methods for course...
Maintaining a healthy diet can be challenging in today’s fast-paced world. Diet quality can have an important impact on the ability to perform everyday activities and overall health. In an effort to...
In this publication, we will address the critical issue of food insecurity through the lens of nutrition education programs. We will explore how these programs play a pivotal role in providing...
This publication aims to familiarize readers with peanut allergy, the allergic reaction that occurs upon exposure to peanut proteins in susceptible individuals, current therapies, and an affordable...
There are many programs currently offered to military youth and families. However, US military Veteran participation in Cooperative Extension programs has not been well documented across all...
Consumers only see about 150 of the more than 10,000 products on the average grocery store’s shelves. Consumers engage with each product they see for seven seconds or less—with many products...
The fast food restaurant industry in the United States currently includes more than 200,000 restaurant locations with combined annual revenue of approximately $191 billion.1 These quick-service...
The Healthy Movers curriculum is designed for use in school-based and 4-H club settings with youth in grades 3-7. Special attention has been given to making these activities budget-friendly, easily...
Food producers in South Carolina are regulated to ensure they meet the food safety standards for protecting public health. The regulation requirements for elderberry syrup, a recent fast-growing...
Cooperative Extension Service Agents can utilize a Food Distribution Action Plan to facilitate food and supply distributions in the aftermath of hurricanes, flooding, and other disasters that may...
The burden of diabetes impacts minority, low-resource, and at-risk or distressed populations disproportionately. The Health Extension for Diabetes program, a community-based diabetes self-management...
Leadership is both an active research area and an act of practical skill wherein individuals continuously enhance their knowledge within unlearned areas, add value to the work that they do, and...
