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Item Boletín del Programa Latino de Extensión para la Educación Financiera, 2016, Vol 10, Número 1(University of Minnesota Extension, Center for Family Development, 2016-01) Johnson, Betsy; Lamas, José; Mendoza, Francisca M; Meraz, Antonio AItem Clinic Referral to a Culinary Nutrition Education Program(University of Minnesota Extension, 2016-10) Johnson, Betsy; Kim, Hyunjun; Norman, JessicaIn partnership with Northeast Minnesota SHIP partners, a culinary nutrition/clinic referral partnership project was undertaken to “improve access to community-based healthy eating/active living programs for patients at higher risk for developing heart disease and diabetes.” Objectives included: 1) promotion of healthy eating by improving shopping and food preparation skills, and 2) increasing physical activity and fruit/ vegetable consumption. The target population was low-income clinic patients at greater risk for chronic disease due, in part, to limited food skills and/or access to healthy food and physical activity. Participants in the project showed statistically significant positive behavior change in 11 of 13 measures for healthy eating and physical activity, behaviors with potential to help prevent heart disease and diabetes.Item Energizing SNAP-Ed: Using Physical Activity to Inspire Diet and Lifestyle Changes(University of Minnesota Extension, 2012-10) Lovett, Kathleen; Johnson, Betsy; Caskey, MaryThe University of Minnesota SNAP-Ed program adapted, with permission from North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction and East Carolina University’s Activity Promotion Lab, a set of Energizers. Energizers are five- to tenminute physical activities that focus on an educational concept. The Energizers were adapted by Community Nutrition Educators (CNEs) across the state to focus on nutrition. In addition, the activities were edited to ensure adaptability across a wide variety of audiences and for ease of teaching. Each Energizer for Simply Good Eating activity is available as an electronic document that can be downloaded from the University of Minnesota Extension website individually or as a set of 53. Energizers for SGE require little or no preparation or equipment and can be adapted to fit the time available during the nutrition lesson. For example, “Pass the Salmonella, Please” is an Energizer that works with all ages to reinforce food safety messages. The CNE coats a rubber chicken with a gel to simulate germs, participants pass the chicken around to music, then examine their hands under a black light to demonstrate how bacteria are spread in the kitchen. Energizers were finalized for use by CNEs to bolster existing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) for low-income families to help increase the likelihood that participants will make positive dietary and lifestyle choices on a limited income. University of Minnesota Extension reports 62 percent of participants attending SNAP-Ed classes with an Energizer responded “I am now more physically active as a result of this class.Item Environmental Scan: North Central Regional Report(University of Minnesota Extension, Center for Family Development, 2012) Hendrickson, Lori; Johnson, Betsy; May, Jill K; Musich, Jo; Shurilla, AliItem Environmental Scan: Northeast Regional Report(University of Minnesota Extension, Center for Family Development, 2012) Hendrickson, Lori; Johnson, Betsy; May, Jill K; Musich, Jo; Shurilla, AliItem Latino Financial Literacy Program Newsletter, 2016, Vol 10, Issue 1(University of Minnesota Extension, Center for Family Development, 2016-01) Johnson, Betsy; Lamas, José; Mendoza, Francisca M; Meraz, Antonio AItem Simply Good Cooking: Teaching Nutrition & Physical Activity Through Hands-On Cooking(St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota Extension Service, 2011-10) May, Jill; Van Offelen, Sara; Johnson, BetsyIn 2007, the University of Minnesota Extension conducted focus groups whose findings indicated that adults served by the Simply Good Eating Program prefer hands-on experience in a social-setting. The results led to the development of Simply Good Cooking, a nutrition education program that teaches hands-on cooking skills as the foundation for cooking healthy family meals based on nutrient-rich foods.