Eaton County keeping people healthy 2017

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Education Program (SNAP-Ed) teaches participants how to establish healthy eating habits and increase their time spent being physically active, while staying within a limited food budget.

Teaching valuable healthy-eating skills

More than 1.3 million Michigan residents receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. MSU Extension’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) programs including Cooking Matters, Project Fresh, Healthy Harvest and Show Me Nutrition teach adults how to make the most of their food dollars, by developing skills such as menu planning, understanding recipes and keeping food safe. Participants learned about the nutrition and health benefits of foods to feed their families in healthy ways. In 2017, Eaton County MSU Extension nutrition programs were able to:

  • Graduate 91 Eaton County adults and 33 youth from a six week evidence based class on eating healthy and increasing physical activity.
  • Provide one time nutrition and physical activity sessions and workshop presentations.
  • Provide information and referral processes for evidence based nutrition programs to agency contacts.

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