College of Agriculture & Natural ResourcesDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Outreach programs in human nutrition are designed to teach community members how to develop healthy lifestyles, particularly in improving nutrition and promoting physical activity. The long-range goal of these efforts is to improve knowledge and behavior in order to prevent lifestyle-related diseases and chronic health conditions, and to reduce the incidence and mortality rates of such diseases and conditions. Targeted health conditions may include overweight and obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

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