Home   Directions WebMail Directory Site Map Home About Us Mission Statement Org. Structure Chancellor About The Center Strategic Plan Quick Facts Research General Information Vice Chancellor Vision Programs Impact Forms Fact Sheets Extension General Information Vice Chancellor Vision Programs Linking Citizens Finance & Admin. General Documents Technology Forms Publications Quick Links Contact Us Site Search Extension Diet and Nutrition Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) The Southern University Ag Center's EFNEP is a unique program that is designed to assist limited-resource youth in acquiring knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behavior necessary for nutritionally sound diets, and to contribute to their personal development and the improvement of the total diet and nutritional well-being. EFNEP Programming is currently available in the following parishes: Avoyelles, Evangeline, Rapides, Lafayette, and St. Landry parishes. EFNEP Brochure For many years, food safety education has only been of a high priority during a crisis ... ABC Recipe: Nana's Soup Families First - Nutrition Education and Wellness System (FF-NEWS) Food stamp recipients typically purchase food items based on family preferences, cultural food practices and other socioeconomic factors despite public health recommendations or USDA Dietary Guidelines. Consequently, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular and cerebral vascular disease and specific forms of cancer (breast and colon), ranks high among leading causes of death for all racial groups in the United States. However, statistics indicate that rates are two to four times higher in ethnic minority groups (African-American, Native-American, and Latino/Hispanic) than in other population groups. There also exist high mortality rates not only for these chronic diseases, but high incidences of children and elderly malnutrition within limited-resource families. Limited-resource pregnant women and infants also have higher incidences of lower weight gain during pregnancy and higher percentages of low-birth weight. FF-NEWS teaches food stamp recipients to make food selection and preparation choices that are consistent with their lifestyle/cultural practices, thus enhancing the health status of family members by effectively using all food resources for the purpose of holistic health for the family. FF-NEWS Programming is currently available in the following parishes: Avoyelles, Evangeline, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Ascension, St. James, St. Tammany, Orleans, East Carroll, and West Carroll parishes. Food stamp recipients typically purchase food items based on family preferences, cultural food ... Food Safety For many years, food safety education has only been of a high priority during a crisis ... Sisters Together Sisters Together is a program designed to encourage Black women to maintain a healthy weight by becoming more physically active and eating healthier foods... Nutrition Newsletters Nutrition Nibbles Newsletters Sisters Together Newsletters Educational Resources ABCs of Grocery Shopping Behavior Change - Breaking the Habit Chain Carbohydrates, Fuel for the Body Cooking Tips 101 Cool Cooking Solutions Don't Get Burned - Fire Up With Food Safety Dietary Guidelines for Americans "Your Guide to Nutritional Excellence" Eat Healthy-Stay Healthy Fall Into Healthy Eating How to Store Leftovers Meals to Menus - Straight Ahead -> On Healthy Way Drive Physical Activity - Walking Into a Healthy Weight PROTEIN - The Building Blocks of the Body To Bean or Not to Bean Sisters Together and on the Move Snacking the Healthy Way! ©2003 Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center Ashford O. Williams Hall ~ P. O. Box 10010 ~ Baton Rouge, LA 70813 USA All Rights Reserved. Contact us here for more information.