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Take Charge of Your HEART Health…because you’re one in a million

  February is the month for taking control of your heart health.  Our heart is the organ that pumps blood through our body to both supply needed nutrients and oxygen to create the fuel needed to live, work and play.  The pumped blood also transports waste products that need to be eliminated.  Our lives depend […]

WRITTEN BY: Margaret Jenkins, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Educator, Ohio State University Extension

REVIEWED BY: Pat Brinkman, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Educator, Ohio State University Extension

SOURCES:

  • https://fcs.osu.edu/programs/major-program-areas/healthy-people/million-hearts
  • https://clermont.osu.edu/program-areas/family-and-consumer-sciences/dining-diabetes
  • http://www.clermonthealthdistrict.org/ClermontCANMain.aspx
  • http://millonhearts.hhs.gov
  • http://millionhearts.osu.edu

REFERENCES:

  • https://www.odh.ohio.gov/-/media/ODH/ASSETS/Files/health/Chronic-Disease-Plan/CD-Burden-Final_Webv2.pdf?la=en

Use The Plate Method for Holiday Meal Planning

As we near the end of November, you’re likely thinking about preparing or attending at least one holiday meal. Did you know that in addition to marking the start of the holiday season, November is Diabetes Awareness month? The holiday season is a wonderful time to catch up with friends and family and enjoy good […]

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

REVIEWED BY: Amy Meehan, MPH, Healthy People Program Specialist, Ohio State University Extension

SOURCES:

  • Create Your Plate. The American Diabetes Association. http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/planning-meals/create-your-plate/#seven
  • Holiday Meal Planning. The American Diabetes Association. http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/food/planning-meals/holiday-meal-planning/

Eating Healthy Away from Home: Beyond the Kitchen

Eating while on the go can be challenging for anyone.  Choosing nutrient dense options in portions which provide appropriate calories is a skill that must be learned and practiced.  When a person has diabetes, selecting foods which will not aggravate blood sugar levels and/or heighten risks for heart disease becomes an even trickier task. The […]

WRITTEN BY: Cheryl Barber Spires, RD, LD, Program Specialist, NW Region, Ohio State University Extension

REVIEWED BY: Shawna Hite, Healthy People Program Specialist, OSU Extension Family & Consumer Sciences

SOURCES:

  • Choose My Plate (January 2016). Eating foods away from home: MyPlate 10 Tips for Eating out. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Retrieved from: https://www.choosemyplate.gov/eating-foods-away-home
  • Todd, Jessica E., Lisa Mancino, and Biing-Hwan Lin. The Impact of Food Away From Home on Adult Diet Quality, ERR-90, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, February 2010.
  • Dan Remley, MSPH, PhD, Field Specialist, Family Nutrition and Wellness, OSU Extension; Barb Hennard, MA, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Educator, OSU Extension Mercer and Auglaize Counties; Susan Zies, MS, Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Educator, OSU Extension Wood County; Shawna Hite, Family and Consumer Sciences, Healthy People Program Specialist; Cheryl Spires, MFCS, RD, LD, SNAP-Ed Northwest Region Program Specialist; Dining with Diabetes: Beyond the Kitchen; https://catalog.extension.org/product?catalog=DwDBtK
  • Susan Zies; Type 2 Diabetes and my family; https://livehealthyosu.com/2016/06/28/type-2-diabetes-and-my-family/

September is National Potato Month

Hooray!  A whole month to celebrate the potato!  I really don’t need a reason.  Potatoes are my comfort food.  I’ve been known to stop on my way home from work just to get some hot mashed potatoes or to heat up some leftover potatoes from the previous night’s dinner. Potatoes sometimes get blamed for being […]

WRITTEN BY: Barbara Hennard, Educator, OSU Extension, Family & Consumer Sciences

REVIEWED BY: Shawna Hite, Healthy People Program Specialist, OSU Extension Family & Consumer Sciences

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Pixabay.com

SOURCES:

  • Iowa State University Extension: https://iastate.app.box.com/s/v938wtxytvyxnci0ct1vlzhwn0gcttna
  • University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension http://food.unl.edu/documents/Potato.pdf
  • National Potato Council: http://www.nationalpotatocouncil.org/potato-facts/
  • Potato Goodness: http://www.potatogoodness.com/

Lifestyle Factors to Reduce Risk for Chronic Diesease

There are several lifestyle factors that individuals can incorporate into their daily life in order to minimize the risk for developing chronic diseases .Eating a healthy diet, exercising on a regular basis, and avoiding smoking can lower the risk for developing cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers. The American Heart Association’s Strategic Impact […]

WRITTEN BY: Shannon Lee, Intern with Wood County Extension, BGSU Dietetic Student

REVIEWED BY: Dr. Dan Remley, Field Specialist, Food, Nutrition and Wellness, OSU Extension

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Susan Zies

SOURCES:

  • Loprinzi, Paul D., et al. "Healthy Lifestyle Characteristics and their Joint Association with Cardiovascular Disease The artuicleBiomarkers in US Adults." Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
  • https://my.americanheart.org/idc/groups/ahamah-public/@wcm/@sop/documents/downloadable/ucm_319692.pdf

Diabetes: Are you at risk?

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month! According to the American Diabetes Association, http://www.diabetes.org, almost 30 million adults and children in the U.S. are diabetic.  Another 86 million are at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. Are you at risk?  The risk factors, according to the Center for Disease Control,  (http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/prevention.html), include: Overweight or obese. Have […]

REVIEWED BY: Susan Zies, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences; Wood County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com
  • http://photolib.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/

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