The expanded food & nutrition education program (EFNEP) is designed to assist limited resource families and youth to acquire K nowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors necessary for preparing…

The expanded food & nutrition education program (EFNEP) is designed to assist limited resource families and youth to acquire K nowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors necessary for preparing nutritionally sound diets. EFNEP contributes to the personal development of youth and the improvement of the total family diet and nutritional well-being. Prairie view a & M university has identified 3 counties fort bend, harris, and waller for program implementation. The staff will provide quality, nutrition education to the limited resource audiences identified and recruited in these counties. Successes and changes in clientele will occur because of using a variety of teaching methods, approved curriculum materials and by meeting audiences in communities where they live. The 4 program core areas: diet quality/physical activity, food resource management, food safety and food security will be covered in curriculum materials used during implementation with the intent on improving overall health and well-being of individuals who participates in the education workshops. Prairie view a & M university EFNEP nutrition education associates (NEA) execute programs through USDA researched based curriculums. Expanded food nutrition education program provides nutrition education to grades 3RD through 5TH using the choose health: food, fun and fitness curriculum: choosing health food, fun, and fitness is a comprehensive nutrition and fitness curriculum composed of six hands-on lessons. Developed by cornell university's division of nutritional sciences in collaboration with cornell cooperative extension's 4-H youth development program, chfff will be taught through experiential learning to teach HEA lthy eating and active play, targeting behaviors research shows to be most important for preventing childhood obesity and chronic diseases. EFNEP NEA's educate the adult participants using the eating smart being active eating smart and being active curriculum developed by colorado state university extension and university of california davis is a comprehensive nutrition education curriculum that focuses on the paraprofessional educators and program participants. The curriculum features nine lessons and a number of teaching tools and materials to enhance the facilitation of lessons in addition to the 4 core elements required for programing. In addition, the revised curriculum places greater emphasis on food preparation and not just 'taste testing' during demonstrations. EFNEP's pregnant adults and teens are educated through eating smart being active during pregnancy 'eating smart being active during pregnancy' curriculum developed by colorado state contains maternal and infant nutrition lessons as a supplement to the core nine lessons. 'eating smart and being active during pregnancy' lessons is designed to be taught early in pregnancy and covers topics about seeing a healthcare provider regularly, eating healthy and being active during pregnancy, and combating common pregnancy discomforts. EFNEP workshops will include low-income homemakers/individuals with children living in the household in urban and rural areas, who are responsible for planning and preparing family meals. Programming will also be extended to low-income youth living in urban and rural areas. EFNEP will continue educate youth and adults through experiential and interactive learning to teach healthy eating and active play, targeting behaviors research shows to be most important for preventing obesity in children and adults and chronic diseases.