RESOURCE NAME: Mission Nutrition
DATE LAST REVISED: 1996
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
Mission Nutrition is a nutrition education program designed to help women with limited resources and families with young children maximize the resources available to them and improve the quality of their diets. There are six lessons based on the Food Guide Pyramid each emphasizing active participation of the learner. Learners will increase knowledge and skill in: 1) ability to plan nutritionally balanced meals, 2) ability to interpret food labels, select, buy and/or prepare foods to meet nutritional needs 3) ability to handle food safely. Leaders will improve: 1) dietary intake behavior; 2) meal planning, food selection, purchasing and preparation; 3) savings in the food budget; 4) safe food handling.
LONG-TERM INTENDED OUTCOMES:
Enhanced Nutritional Quality of the Food Supply x
Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
Healthy Sustainable Communities Positive Child, Youth, and Family Development
Positive Adult Quality of Life Safe, Secure, High-Quality Food Supply
LEVEL OF OUTCOME EXPECTED:
Short-Term (Knowledge) Medium-Term (Behavior) Long-Term (Impact)
NEXT TIME TRAINING IS AVAILABLE:
AGENT TRAINING LEVEL:
Basic Intermediate Advanced
CONTACT PERSON
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Kathy Walsten walsten@humec.ksu.edu
785-532-1676
AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCE
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