Poverty

Improving Nutrition for Georgia Families

More than 1,000 family members were reached in the Southwest District through the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program. EFNEP places trained paraprofessionals in low-income communities to teach nutrition to hard-to-reach audiences using culturally appropriate methods and materials. EFNEP leads to improved diets and improved food related behavior among adult and youth program participants. Almost 75 percent of participants showed improvement in one or more food resource management practices such as meal planning, comparing prices, and using grocery lists. (2008)

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