Community Nutrition Education
               Community Nutrition Education
                 Improving Health and Well-Being for Limited-Resource Audiences Across the Nation
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       NutRItIous DIEts          PHysICAL ACtIvIty      FooD BuDgEtINg      FooD sECuRIty      FooD sAFEty      FAmILy WELL-BEINg
                                                                    I never realized how much fun it could be to feed my 
         obesity, poor nutrition,                                   family, how good I feel when I can stretch our food  
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                                                                    dollar throughout the month, and how rewarding it is 
         and limited physical                                       to know that I can help my son grow strong by buying 
         activity are major health                                  the right kinds of foods. 
                                                                                                                      --Program Participant
         concerns. unfortunately,                                                                    ”
         poor health is found                              the Expanded Food and Nutrition               EFNEP operates in all 50 states,               sNAP-Ed operates in 52 states and 
         more often in limited-                            Education Program (EFNEP)                     the District of Columbia, and 6 U.S.           territories and targets individuals and 
                                                           and supplemental Nutrition                    territories and targets limited-               families eligible for the Supplemen-
         resource and minority                             Assistance Program Education                  resource adults with young children            tal Nutrition Assistance Program. 
                                                           (sNAP-Ed), formerly known as                  and limited-resource youth. It uses            SNAP-Ed uses both interactive and 
         audiences who have                                Food stamp Nutrition Educa-                   a peer-educator interactive teaching           other approaches, such as social 
         limited access to                                 tion (FsNE), are two federal/state            model, which makes learning relevant           marketing campaigns. SNAP-Ed 
                                                           partnerships that support nutrition           and meaningful for participants.               has worked cooperatively through 
         educational opportunities.                        education for the improved health             EFNEP has been achieving program               successful partnerships since 1988. 
                                                           of limited-resource audiences. Both           results since 1969. The U.S.                   USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service 
                                                           programs provide nutrition education          Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)             provides federal oversight. The  
                                                           to limited-resource individuals and           National Institute of Food and                 Land-Grant University/Cooperative 
       EFNEP and SNAP-Ed make a                            families within their communities             Agriculture (NIFA) provides federal            Extension System is a primary imple-
       difference in the lives of their par-               and are delivered using a learner-            oversight. The Land-Grant University/          menter of SNAP-Ed. NIFA serves as  
       ticipants. To learn more about the                  centered approach. Program grad-              Cooperative Extension System                   a liaison between these two entities.
       programs and their impacts visit:                   uates report increased knowledge,             delivers it locally.
                                                           enhanced skills and abilities, and 
                                                           improved conditions related to nutri-
        https://www.nifa.usda.gov/efnep
                                                           tion, health, and well-being.
        http://snaped.fns.usda.gov/
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