FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES RESOURCE PROFILE
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RESOURCE NAME Healthy Eating With Diabetes Programs |
DATE CREATED/REVISED2000 |
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION (include major objectives)Healthy eating with diabetes programs can be used to educate the public and persons with diabetes about how healthy eating and physical activity can help prevent and manage diabetes. Examples of fact sheets and curricula include: Diabetes Awareness and Management; An Ounce of Prevention –A Program to Help People Reduce Their Risk of Diabetes; Dining With Diabetes; and others.
Major objectives:
Participants will increase their knowledge of diabetes-related health issues, and how healthy eating and physical activity can protect against diabetes and improve diabetes control and overall health.
Participants will increase their skills in choosing and preparing nutritious meals and snacks, in balancing the food they eat with physical activity, in safe food handling, and in food resource management.
Participants will improve their dietary quality by increasing their variety of foods and by eating the number of servings from the food groups recommended in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and as appropriate for the diabetic diet. Visit the web at: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/humannutrition/diabetespub.htm |
LONG-TERM INTENDED OUTCOMES Healthy Eating and Physical Activity
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TIME COMMITMENTFewer than 5 hours per work |
DURATIONMore than 1 month but less than 6 months |
DIFFICULTYIntroductory READING LEVELHigh school |
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AUDIENCE |
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Adults in general |
Caregivers |
Child care providers |
College students |
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Low-income |
Paraprofessionals |
Peer educators |
Retirees |
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SUBJECT |
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Budgeting |
Caregiving |
Food handling practices |
Food management |
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Food safety |
Goal setting |
Disease management |
Normal nutrition |
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Health promotion |
Nutrition and exercise |
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COMPONENTS |
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION |
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Brochure |
Bulletin |
Community event |
Face-to-face |
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Notebooks |
Evaluation tools |
Peer interaction |
Group meetings |
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Handouts |
Leader’s guide |
Home visits |
Learn on their own |
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Media releases |
Posters |
Mass media |
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Recipes |
Resource lists |
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Slide set |
Teaching visuals |
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Video |
Website |
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SKILL EMPHASIS |
LEADER TRAINING REQUIRED? |
SPECIALIST SUPPORTConsultation with agent Single county visits Multi-county visits Area meetings Media participation Leader training Public meeting in county |
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Knowledge Attitudes/values Behavior change |
Preferable |
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LEADER TRAINING LEVEL |
FREQUENCY OF LEADER TRAINING |
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Introductory |
Upon request |
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PROGRAM RESOURCES LISTDiabetes Awareness and Management lesson is available in Spanish. An Ounce of Prevention materials were developed for general audiences as well as for African American, Native American, English-speaking Latino, and Spanish-speaking Latino audiences. Recipes with diabetic exchanges and carbohydrate choices are available in Spanish. |
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CONTACT PERSON/ADDRESS/PHONEMary Meck Higgins, Ph.D., R.D., L.D., CDE Department of Human Nutrition 202 Justin Hall Manhattan, KS 66506-1407 Phone: 785-532-1671 FAX: 785-532-1678 E-Mail: mhiggins@ksu.edu |
ORDER FROM Shelly Burklund Department of Human Nutrition 207 Justin Hall Manhattan, KS 66506-1407 Phone: 785-532-1670 FAX: 785-532-1678 E-mail: sburklun@ksu.edu |
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