2008 Home Economics Directory of Educational Programs

Program Contact: Brenda Bishop

Program Description for: Taking Steps to a Healthier You

This workshop discusses the dangers of fad diets and how a balanced diet can be more beneficial. The participants examine the reasons for eating and determined their own emotional triggers. Steps for avoiding emotional eating were shared along with ways to reduce stress.

List of Subject Areas selected for this program:

Clothing/Textiles

Diabetes

Disaster Preparedness

Energy & Environment

Family Health & Wellness

Family Life & Child Development

Family Resource Management

√     Food & Nutrition

Food Technology/Food Safety

Other

Population Served:

√     Adult (age 19 and over)

Teen (age 13 to 18)

Children (age 12 and under)