“We were very excited to see-when the data came in and it was analyzed-significant changes in a lot of behaviors… to see fruit and vegetable consumption go up, as well as over 700 policy, system, and environmental change supports implemented across the region,” DeLisio says. They then pooled data from 25 agencies across eight states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. To assess the efficacy of SNAP-Ed across the region, researchers had to design an evaluation template malleable enough to meet the needs of different SNAP agencies. Southeast because the region has some of the lowest rates of fruit and vegetable consumption, and the highest rates of obesity. Her team chose to focus their study in the U.S. “ is very customized by each state to meet the needs of their local communities,” Amy DeLisio-Director of the Public Health’s Center of Wellness and Nutrition (CWN) and a co-author of the study-tells Food Tank. The second focuses on long-term policy, system, and environmental (PSE) changes, like stocking vending machines with healthier snacks or banning soda in schools. The first is direct nutrition education, which includes social media tips and cooking classes. The goal of SNAP-Ed is to help individuals with limited budgets follow healthy diets based on the U.S. SNAP also offers nutrition education programs, known as SNAP-Ed. The federally-funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides food-purchasing support for low-income Americans. Their recent study aggregated feedback from families and adults who participated in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) in 2017. Southeast, according to researchers at the Public Health Institute. ( A limit of one tour per person.) Meet at the Customer Service Desk at the Brunswick Hannaford.Federal nutrition education programs have improved healthy habits among Americans in the U.S. Register for a tour by contacting the 2nd Floor Reference Desk at Curtis Memorial Library. Learn to shop for healthy food on a budget. Join Hillary Pride, Hannaford’s Dietitian and SNAP-Ed’s Allison Messier for a Grocery Store Tour and get 10 dollars to do your shopping.

Only five participants can attend each tour so you must sign up for your place in advance at the CML Reference Desk by calling ((207) 725-5242), emailing or stopping by the 2nd floor of Curtis Memorial Library. Learn how to shop for healthy food on a budget with food market tours, and then put that knowledge to use with 10$ of store credit. Learn more at Thanks to Maine SNAP-Ed and Hannaford’s Dietitian, Curtis Memorial Library is thrilled to offer our patrons FREE Food Market Tours. Join us for three months of free programs offered in partnership with Maine Snap-Ed and

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