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Making Changes to a Healthy You: An Episode of Healthy Living Resources

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 […]

Be Grateful, Eat Less

Can practicing gratitude help you make healthier food choices? The answer is, YES! Research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology indicated that practicing gratitude can have a positive impact on your food choices. Participants were asked to pick 1 of 3 topics to focus on: gratitude to someone that helped them with their health, […]

WRITTEN BY: Dr. Roseanne E. Scammahorn, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, OSU Extension Darke County

REVIEWED BY: Melissa Rupp, MS , Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, OSU Extension Fulton County

SOURCES:

  • Conlon, C. (nd). 40 Simple ways to practice gratitude. Retrieved from https://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/40-simple-ways-practice-gratitude.html
  • Fritz, M., Armenta, C., Walsh, L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2019). Gratitude facilitates healthy eating behavior in adolescents and young adults. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 81(4-14). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103117308569
  • Harmon, M. (2019, April 11). Don’t Worry, Be Happy. Live Smart Ohio, Ohio State University Extension. Retrieved from https://livesmartohio.osu.edu/mind-and-body/harmon-416osu-edu/dont-worry-be-happy/
  • Harmon, M. (2017, August 11). Thank you. Live Smart Ohio, Ohio State University Extension. Retrieved from https://livesmartohio.osu.edu/mind-and-body/harmon-416osu-edu/thank-you/
  • Hopper, E. (2019, November 19). Four Ways Gratitude Helps You with Difficult Feelings. Greater Good Magazine. Retrieved from https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/four_ways_gratitude_helps_you_with_difficult_feelings#:~:text=Research%20suggests%20that%20grateful%20people,stress%20and%20regulating%20their%20emotions.&text=Feeling%20grateful%20can%20bring%20us,physical%20health%20and%20improved%20relationships.
  • Scammahorn, R. (2020, March 30). Emotional eating…the battle within. Live Healthy Live Well, Ohio State University Extension. Retrieved from https://livehealthyosu.com/2020/03/30/emotional-eatingthe-battle-within/

What is Your Pedigree?

It’s Not So Much Who You Are as Much as It Is Your Credit Score Not to sound too much like an aging, gray haired individual but “back in the day”, people in a community knew who you were because of your pedigree. What is a pedigree? When speaking about humans, it is “a register […]

WRITTEN BY: Dennis DeCamp

REVIEWED BY: Dr. Roseanne E. Scammahorn

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://www.rawpixel.com/search/%20gentlemen%20shaking%20hands?page=1&sort=curated&tags=%24free

REFERENCES:

  • Resources https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedigree
  • https://www.fdic.gov/resources/consumers/consumer-news/2021-08.html

Sustainability and your family: An Episode of Healthy Living Resources

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 […]

Heart Disease: When Love Can’t Fix a Broken Heart, But You Can Help Prevent It

Heart Disease is still the number on cause of death in America. Research and development of prevention is a never-ending battle, and the American Heart Association continues to update its recommendations for keeping your heart healthy. So why do we follow the American Heart Association’s recommendations?  According to the Professional Heart Organization, the AHA bases their […]

WRITTEN BY: Casey Bishop, OSU Extension, Paulding County, Family and Consumer Sciences

REVIEWED BY: Amy Meehan, Healthy People Program Specialist, OSU Extension Family and Consumer Sciences

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com/illustrations/heart-care-medical-care-heart-1040229/

REFERENCES:

  • American Heart Association (2021, November 17th). Guidelines and Statements. Professional Heart Daily. https://professional.heart.org/en/guidelines-and-statements.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021, November 17th). A Guide to Facilitating Healthy Systems Change. Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/programs/spha/guide_facilitating_hs_change.htm
  • Lichtenstein, A., et al. (2021). Dietary Guidance to Improve Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association. AHA Scientific Statements. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1161/CIR.0000000000001031
  • Nestle, Marion. (2021, November7). The American Heart Association’s new and groundbreaking dietary guidelines. Fook Politics. https://www.foodpolitics.com/2021/11/american-heart-association-issues-forward-thinking-dietary-guidelines/
  • Sykes, Shanna. (2020, January 6th). Make Smart Goals for the New Year. Clemson Cooperative Extension. https://hgic.clemson.edu/make-smart-goals-for-the-new-year/

Your Financial Life~Claim Your Unclaimed Money

Looking for a financial windfall that is legitimate? There is a great possibility that personal property such as money with your name on it is just waiting for you to claim! Annually states return more than $3,000,000,000 in unclaimed property to one in every 10 persons. Lost and forgotten property is considered abandoned or unclaimed. […]

WRITTEN BY: Candace J. Heer, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Morrow County

REVIEWED BY: Courtney Woelfl, Program Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com/
  • https://www.missingmoney.com/en/Property/Search

SOURCES:

  • Unclaimed Money from the Government; https://www.usa.gov/unclaimed-money
  • National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators; https://unclaimed.org/
  • The Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization (UPPO), Gift Cards/Stored Value Cards; https://www.uppo.org/blogpost/925381/Unclaimed-Property-Focus?tag=Gift+Cards#:~:text=Dormant%20unredeemed%20gift%20cards%20and,that%20address's%20state%20will%20apply

REFERENCES:

  • National Conference of State Legislatures, Abandoned or Unclaimed Property and Escheatment Statutes; https://www.ncsl.org/research/financial-services-and-commerce/abandoned-or-unclaimed-property-statutes.aspx
  • The Office of the Ohio Attorney General; https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Home
  • Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Information; https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/scam-alerts

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