Most people are aware of the numerous changes that our bodies undergo as we age. Did you know that our nutritional needs also change with age? Metabolism tends to slow with age, yet nutrient needs increase for certain vitamins and minerals. Learning how to balance these changes and continue eating healthy meals may seem difficult. […]
WRITTEN BY: Olivia Levine, Dietetic Intern, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University
REVIEWED BY: Jenny Lobb, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, OSU Extension Franklin County
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When I was a child, my family would eat dinner together most nights of the week. One family rule specifically stated, “what’s said at the table, stays at the table”. That didn’t mean that we could not talk about our casual family discussions at other times and places. It did mean that our family table […]
WRITTEN BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, CFLE, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Lucas County
REVIEWED BY: Lorrissa Dunfee, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Belmont County
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Have you assessed your personal “comfort zone” lately? Comfort zones, and our attachment to them, have gotten a bad rap in the press lately. Media headlines scold us to “get out of our comfort zone,” but comfort zones are not necessarily good or bad. This blog post (and additional related ones) will look at how […]
WRITTEN BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Lucas County
REVIEWED BY: Donna Green, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County, green.308@osu.edu
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Healthy Living Resources is a telecast presented by the Family and Consumer Sciences program specialists that will focus on health, wellness, and the impact that stress has on our lives. Whether it be financial struggle, or chronic disease management, stress can creep up as a result of many of the day to day events that […]
WRITTEN BY: Amanda Woods, M.Ed, Healthy Finances Program Specialist, OSU Extension, Family & Consumer Sciences
When I was a child, I was conditioned to never utter the words “I’m bored”. My mom would threaten to assign me chores whenever she heard those words escape my lips! I don’t blame my mom for encouraging me to keep busy, find things to do and avoid boredom in my childhood. I recognize that […]
WRITTEN BY: Jenny Lobb, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension Franklin County
REVIEWED BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension Lucas County
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When we were kids, one of the first practical jokes we learned to play on each other was to tell someone their zipper was down (or something was spilled on their shirt). When they would look down in alarm, you would say “made you look.” The person being pranked usually acknowledged the joke with a […]
WRITTEN BY: Donna Green, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County
REVIEWED BY: Candace J. Heer, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Morrow County
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