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Navigating the Sugar-Coated Holiday Road.

The holidays start with Trick-or-Trick, meander past Happy Thanksgiving, sugar-plum skip by Christmas and drop heavily with a Happy New Year feast.  We send our children on a sixty day sugar high with family get togethers, school functions and community events.  According to the National Confectioners’ Association, Americans eat nearly four billion dollars in candy […]

WRITTEN BY: Yvette Graham, MSW, LISW-S, Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program, Program Specialist, Ohio State University Extension, Stark,

REVIEWED BY: Amy Habig, MPH, RDN, LD, Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program, Program Specialist, Ohio State University Extension, Green County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • www.meals.com

SOURCES:

  • https://choosemyplate-prod.azureedge.net/sites/default/files/tentips/DGTipsheet32MakeHealthierHolidayChoices.pdf
  • http://U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2015 – 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 8th Edition. December 2015. Available at https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/

REFERENCES:

  • Mitka M. New Dietary Guidelines Place Added Sugars in the Crosshairs. JAMA. 2016;315(14):1440–1441. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.1321
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2015 – 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 8th Edition. December 2015. Available at tps://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/.
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2015 – 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 8th Edition. December 2015. Available at https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/.
  • https://www.candyusa.com/
  • www.choosemyplate.com

LOOK: High school students earn college credit

Ohio State University Extension Clermont County is pleased to announce it has been awarded a grant from the Elsa M. Heisel Sule Foundation.  The grant is provided for the LOOK to Clermont: Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today program.   The Elsa Heisel Sule Foundation is an independent, private, philanthropic organization originally established in 2004, by Elsa […]

WRITTEN BY: Margaret Jenkins

REVIEWED BY: Brandi Uhlenbrock

Finding Your “Flow”

Have you ever found yourself so absorbed in a task that you completely lost track of time? Maybe you were reading a good book, playing an instrument, working on a puzzle or craft, playing a board game, gardening, cooking, or tackling a home improvement project. If so, you may have found your “flow”. Psychologist Mihaly […]

WRITTEN BY: Jenny Lobb, MPH, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension

REVIEWED BY: Amanda Woods, M.Ed, Healthy Finances Program Specialist, Ohio State University Extension

SOURCES:

  • Buettner, D. (2011). Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way. National Geographic. https://www.amazon.com/Thrive-Finding-Happiness-Blue-Zones/dp/1426208189.
  • Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2016). Finding Flow. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199707/finding-flow.

Make Change Happen, Don’t Wait for It

In this article, I talk about making change happen. I think this discussion may generally apply to a variety of changes. If you want something different in your life, I think you have two options. First, you can wait for the change you want to happen. You simply sit, trusting that the desired change will knock […]

WRITTEN BY: Joseph Maiorano, PHD, Family and Consumer Sciences, Harrison County Ohio, maiorano.2@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Terri Worthington, MSS, LISW-S, Family and Consumer Sciences, Geauga County.

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com/en/girl-room-woman-living-room-sofa-342839/

SOURCES:

  • Microwave Mentality (2010). Urban Dictionary. Retrieved on November 19, 2017 from https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=microwave%20mentality
  • Quote investigator: Exploring the origins of quotations. July 14, 2010. Retrieved on October 19, 2017 from https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/07/14/luck/

REFERENCES:

  • Ellis, A. & Harper, R. A. (1997). A guide to rational living. New York, NY: Wilshire Books.
  • WebMD. Stress management: Setting a goal to reduce stress. Downloaded on November 17, 2017 from https://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/stress-management-setting-a-goal-to-reduce-stress#1

Halloween: Financial Horror or Financial Fun?

It’s predicted that more than 179 million Americans will take part in Halloween festivities this year, up from 171 million last year. Spending is slated to reach a record high dollar amount of $9.1 billion, up from $8.4 billion in 2016. Halloween has increased in popularity so much that it is beginning to rival holidays […]

WRITTEN BY: Donna Green, M.A., 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

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • http://search.creativecommons.org/

SOURCES:

  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevecooper/2013/10/22/halloween-by-the-numbers/
  • https://nrf.com/news/the-evolution-of-halloween-3-trends-watch
  • http://fortune.com/2016/10/31/americans-spending-halloween-2016/

This is What IT Looks Like

I have been struggling for a few months with the negativity that sometimes surrounds the problem of mental illness and opiate addiction. I have been struggling, because we are IT. We are part of the opioid epidemic. We are part of those who suffer from a diagnosed brain disorder, or mental health problem. We are […]

WRITTEN BY: Jami Dellifield, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Hardin County

REVIEWED BY: Misty Harmon, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Perry County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Jami Dellifield

SOURCES:

  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) http://archive.samhsa.gov/dtac/dbhis/dbhis_stress_about_resilience.asp
  • U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html

REFERENCES:

  • National Institute of Mental Health, https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad/index.shtml
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness, https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions
  • American Academy of Family Physicians, https://familydoctor.org/condition/opioid-addiction/
  • Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs, https://youth.gov/youth-topics/youth-mental-health/definitions-developmental-competencies

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