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Overnight Oatmeal To The Rescue

At the beginning of the year my family grew by two more feet. We added a sweet little girl to our family of four. Adding another baby came with added challenges. My two older children were four and three at the time and I had become accustomed to the fact that they didn’t demand so […]

WRITTEN BY: Amanda Bohlen, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Washington County.

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

SOURCES:

  • https://wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-101
  • https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000727.htm

Healthy Eating for Fast Paced Lives

Though our days are not getting any longer, we tend to squeeze more and more into our schedules.  We move faster and expect things done instantly. The same attitude can be adopted with eating. Our food environment has been shaped to the moving pace we’ve set, as well as our desire to have whatever we […]

WRITTEN BY: Daniel Remley, Assistant Professor, Food, Nutrition, and Wellness,College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

Slowing Down When Life Speeds Up

Do you remember Aesop’s fable about the Tortoise and the Hare? In this story, the Hare makes fun of the Tortoise for being slow, so the Tortoise challenges Hare to a race. Tortoise keeps on moving, one foot in front of the other, while Hare lies down to take a nap. In the end, Tortoise […]

WRITTEN BY: Jami Dellifield, Extension Educator, Family And Consumer Sciences

REVIEWED BY: Jamari White, Healthy Relationships Specialist

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com/en/road-sign-asphalt-road-sign-90390/

SOURCES:

  • Hsee, C. K., Yang, A. X., & Wang, L. (2010). Idleness Aversion and the Need for Justifiable Busyness. Psychological Science, 21(7), 926-930. Retrieved from http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2010/06/14/0956797610374738.abstract#cited-by
  • https://bewell.stanford.edu/crazy-busy

REFERENCES:

  • http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/socrates133712.html

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