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Community Connections: Create Better Health

Learning about Local Resources

Start your year by learning how to create healthy, affordable meals with common pantry items. A K-State Extension dietician prepares a tasty meal to sample, while sharing practical nutrition tips.

This class is taught by dietitian Sofia Diaz Buezo, RDN, LD, a K-State Extension Shawnee County Nutrition Extension Agent.

Additional information about creating better health includes referrals to local resources for nutrition, cooking, food, exercise and prevention. 

Everyone will have the opportunity to taste the grain bowl recipe that is prepared during the cooking demonstration. Prepare to learn more about how to prepare similar dishes with common ingredients and substitution, understand the nutrition in the foods you already have and how to cook healthy meals.

Create Better Health teaches people how to eat well and be active on a budget. The class focus on teaching participants how to make delicious and nutritious meals from foods they already have on hand. All the information you will receive in Create Better Health classes is based on the USDA's nutrition and physical activity recommendations. 

Topics include:

Introduction to Dietary Guidelines & Physical Activity
Meal Planning, Grocery Shopping & Goal Setting
Nutrition Facts Label & Physical Activity Barriers
Fruits, Vegetables & Aerobic Activity
Protein, Food Safety & Resistance Training
Healthy Eating Patterns, Grains & Balance and Flexibility

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