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September 26, 2016

Make Your Fall Tailgate or Harvest Party Healthier!

Fall is a wonderful time for football or soccer tailgates, bonfires, harvest parties, and those last family picnics. The problem with these wonderful gatherings is they are often accompanied with high fat, sodium, sugar, and calorie – and low nutrient dense foods. With a little planning you can still have fun at your next gathering, […]

WRITTEN BY: Lisa Barlage, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ross County.

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

PHOTO CREDITS:

Lisa Barlage

SOURCES:

Oklahoma State University, Department of Wellness, https://wellness.okstate.edu/nutrition-and-cooking/healthy-tailgating.
West Virginia University Extension, http://fh.ext.wvu.edu/food/healthy-eating/healthy-tailgating.
Live Healthy Live Well, Ohio State University Extension, https://livehealthyosu.com/2015/10/30/slow-cooker-season/.

September 23, 2016

The Right Calories for You!

When it comes to maintaining a healthy weight for a lifetime, the bottom line is—calories count! Weight management is all about balance—balancing the number of calories you consume with the number of calories your body uses or “burns off.” This 30-minute webinar will be packed with information about resting metabolic rate, energy requirements, tools to […]

WRITTEN BY: Cindy Conway, MS, RDN, LD Research Associate, Ohio SNAP-Ed Program

September 14, 2016

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 9, 2016

The Ins & Outs of Tracking Your Intake

You hear all the time that to lose weight, you should track what you eat. Research has shown the more a person records what they eat, the more weight they lost in the end. We’ve always encouraged daily food and fitness tracking for people who want to lose weight, but it’s time to dig a […]

August 18, 2016

A Tomato A Day…

Ohio farmers and gardeners harvest a cornucopia of tomatoes in late summer. Yes, they are a fruit from a horticultural perspective, but nutritionists would say they’re vegetables since they’re low in fructose but high in phytonutrients, vitamins A and C. A tomato a day, no matter what the form whether consumed fresh, frozen, sauced, […]

August 11, 2016

Reducing Saturated Fat in Your Diet But Still Eating Meat

The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines recommend we reduce the saturated fat in our diet. This usually means limiting your intake of red meat, which is high in saturated fat. The problem with saturated fat is it raises our blood cholesterol level, especially the LDL (bad) cholesterol increasing our risk of heart disease and stroke. However, many […]