4-H Healthy Lifestyles/Food and Nutrition Education for Children …

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month for 4-H. Five different healthy lifestyle topics were taught. Each … prior training in healthy lifestyles, Childhood Obesity, the new Food Guide …

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4-H Healthy Lifestyles/Food and Nutrition Education
for Children
Submitter’s Contact Information
V. Renee Dotson
Gilmer County Extension Coordinator and Family and Consumer
Sciences Agent with University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
1123 Progress Road, Suite A, Ellijay, GA 30540
Email: rdotson@uga.edu
706-635-4426 (phone)
706-636-4426 (fax)
Machelle Gill
Gilmer County 4-H Program Assistant
1123 Progress Road, Suite A, Ellijay, GA 30540
E-mail: magill@uga.edu
706-635-4426 (phone)
706-636-4426 (fax)
Program of Distinction Category
- Food and Nutrition
- Nutrition Education
- Health and Fitness
- Youth Decision Making
Sources of Funding that Support this Program
- Grant from Gold Kist Inc. in the amount of $2,000.
Program Content
Knowledge and Research Base
Obesity is an epidemic. Sixty-one percent of Georgia’s population is
obese. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states one in every
four children in the United States is classified as either overweight or at risk
for being overweight. High blood pressure, elevated cholesterol and bone
and joint problems are more prevalent in children over the past 30 years.
Obesity increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, heart…