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March = National Nutrition Month

Amongst all the craziness that is going on in the world today, many people have forgotten that March is National Nutrition Month. Does that mean to eat healthy only during this month or am I supposed to restrict my diet during this month? No. Instead, March is a time to help promote the importance of […]

WRITTEN BY: Kelsey Reeder, Bowling Green State University Dietetic Intern

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

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Pixabay

SOURCES:

  • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.eatright.org/, CT, R., AL, M., MO, K., & OH, I. (2016). Preventing Obesity, Improving Nutrition and Increasing Physical Activity.

REFERENCES:

  • https://www.eatright.org/food/resources/national-nutrition-month?_ga=2.227977885.100846758.1584987378-600282559.1571346362
  • https://www.eatright.org/food/nutrition/dietary-guidelines-and-myplate/use-the-dietary-guidelines-myplate-and-food-labels-to-make-healthy-choices

Stocking Up for When You’re Stuck at Home – Healthy Food for Less than $2/meal

Americans have been asked to stay home from work, school, and other gathering places for an indefinite period during the current pandemic. Many have stocked up on items they want to have on hand. One photographer documented shoppers’ selections over the past weekend, capturing carts full of chips, soda, ramen noodles, frozen entrees, and disinfectant […]

WRITTEN BY: Carol Smathers, MS, MPH, Associate Professor and Extension Field Specialist in Youth Wellness and Nutrition

REVIEWED BY: Dr. Roseanne Ellison Scammahorn, Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension, Darke County, and Susan Zies, M. Ed., Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension, Wood County.

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Carol Smathers

SOURCES:

  • https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katebubacz/beer-doritos-coronavirus-essentials-groceries
  • http://cookingmatters.org/tips/10-tips-stock-your-pantry
  • https://celebrateyourplate.org/tips/shopping
  • https://www.choosemyplate.gov/ten-tips-make-better-food-choices
  • https://snaped.fns.usda.gov/nutrition-education/nutrition-education-materials/cooking

REFERENCES:

  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2015 – 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 8th Edition.

Food Trends

A review of food trends for 2020 including updates from restaurants and chefs as well as large grocery store chains highlight a wide range of topics but there are some common themes among all of them. How and Where Food is Produced Like past years, the topic of local food is still trending and there […]

WRITTEN BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, CFLE, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Lucas County

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

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • pixabay

REFERENCES:

  • African Peanut Soup, Allrecipes https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/73090/african-peanut-soup/?internalSource=hub%20recipe&referringId=226&referringContentType=Recipe%20Hub&clickId=cardslot%2012
  • Anderson, L. (2013). Beyond the standard flour. Michigan State University Extension. https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/beyond_the_standard_flour
  • Compost Resources. Cornell Cooperative Extension, Warren County. http://warren.cce.cornell.edu/home-page/gardening-landscape/compost-resources
  • Fox, J., Powers-Barker, P., Stiving, J., Hogan, M., Colbert, S., Rabe, M., Welch, C., Haught, S. (2016)
  • Healthy food systems: Learning about food, Ohio’s educational resources. Ohio State University Extension. https://localfoods.osu.edu/resources/healthy-food-systems-learning-about-food-ohios-educational-resource
  • Millet and Teff. Oldways Whole Grain Council. https://wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-101/grain-month-calendar/millet-and-teff-%E2%80%93-november-grains-month
  • Rediscovering an ancient African millet called fonio. (2018). Oldways Whole Grain Council. https://wholegrainscouncil.org/blog/2018/04/rediscovering-ancient-african-millet-called-fonio
  • Peters, R. (2018). Save money and time by preparing foods in advance. University of New Hampshire Extension. https://extension.unh.edu/blog/save-money-and-time-preparing-foods-advance
  • Ramachandran, D., Kite, J., Vassallo, A., Chau, J., Partridge, S., Freeman, B., & Gill, T. (2018) Food trends and popular nutrition advice online: Implications for public health. Online Journal of Public Health Information. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6194095/
  • Weiss, L. (2013) Farro: An ancient and Complicated Grain Worth Figuring Out. NPR.
  • https://www.npr.org/2013/10/02/227838385/farro-an-ancient-if-complicated-grain-worth-figuring-out
  • Zies, S. (2019) 2020 Nutrition trends. Live Healthy Live Well. https://livehealthyosu.com/2020/01/07/2020-nutrition-trends/

Seeing the Scale with 20/20 Vision in 2020

Overweight and healthy? People who are overweight can be considered healthy if their waist size is less than 35 inches for women or 40 inches for men, and if they have only one or none of following conditions: high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol, according to the National Institutes of Health’s report, Clinical Guidelines on the […]

WRITTEN BY: Carol Smathers, MS, MPH

REVIEWED BY: Daniel Remley, PhD

SOURCES:

  • https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(18)30257-3/fulltext
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5818735/
  • https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-study-identifies-ideal-body-mass-index
  • https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1909301
  • https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm
  • Payne, C. and Barnett, R. The Economists’ Diet: Two Formerly Obese Economists Find the Formula for Losing Weight and Keeping It Off, 2018.

Just Peachy

The peach is one of the most prized fruits. Second only in popularity to the apple, the peach has been romanticized since ancient times. Though Ohio is not considered a major peach growing state, peaches are grown in the state and are favorites among its citizens. A medium sized peach (approximately 3-1/2 oz.) is more […]

WRITTEN BY: Kate Shumaker, MS RD, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Holmes County, shumaker.68@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Cheryl Mickley, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Carroll County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com/en/peaches-fruit-farmers-market-fresh-1329026/

SOURCES:

  • Barbara H. Drake. Selecting, Storing and Serving Ohio Peaches, Home Yard and Garden Factsheet 5525. Ohio State University Extension. 1993.

REFERENCES:

  • Georgia Peach Council, gapeaches.org
  • South Carolina Peach Council, scpeach.org

Here Figgy, Figgy

If you’ve ever eaten a fig before, raise your hand.  If that fig was in a cookie form (you know which one what I’m talking about), put your hand down. I thought so. The majority of people in this country have never eaten a plain fresh or dried fig. So you might not know that […]

WRITTEN BY: Melissa Welker M.Ed., B.S., Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Fulton County, Maumee Valley EERA, welker.87@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Donna Green, Family & Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County, Erie Basin EERA, green.308@osu.edu

SOURCES:

  • www.bonappetit.com
  • www.californiafigs.com
  • www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org

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