Nutrition & Health

Overview

Extension provides unbiased, research-based information to help individuals and their families live healthier, happier lives.

Publications

Extension Publications

• Diabetes
• General Health
• Foods and Nutrition for Seniors
• Nutrition
• Nutrition for Families
• Special Nutrition for Disease
• Weight Control and Exercise
• Español
• Protect Yourself from Ticks

To see other publications, go to the CAES Publications site or the FACS Publications listing.

News

For the latest news about Extension, visit Georgia FACES. News you can use about Georgia family, agricultural, consumer and enviromental sciences.

• Vidalia onion farmers work to increase market share by shrinking their onions
• Black flies may have beneficial traits
• UGA food scientist Casimir Akoh awarded two top professional honors
• Pollen counts are important but can be confusing
• Atlanta ice cream selected as 2012 Flavor of Georgia food contest overall winner
• Heart disease and stroke strike more women than men
• UGA discovery uses putty to repair broken bone in days not months
• Find time to exercise this holiday season
• Healthy Kids Georgia holds design contest to promote health
• For safety sake, clean cantaloupe rinds before slicing melon

Websites

UGA-affiliated sites

• Agrability
  A program designed to promote independence for agricultural workers with chronic health conditions and disabilities.
• Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
  A program that helps parents feed their children healthier meals and snacks, save money on food, and reduce the risk of food-borne illness. Nutrition education is also provided to youth ages 4-18.
• Hot Topics: Childhood Health
  A collection of reports and news stories related to children's health.
• Nutrition and Health
  Family and Consumer Sciences' Extension information related to nutrition and health.
• Walk Georgia
  Get healthy and have fun with this interactive health and fitness program.

External sites

• The American Cancer Society
  The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem.
• The American Diabetes Association
  Organization dedicated to preventing and curing diabetes and to improving the lives of all people affected by diabetes.
• The National Diabetes Education Program
  NDEP translates the latest science and spreads the word that diabetes is serious, common, and costly, yet controllable and, for type 2, preventable.
• The Centers for Disease Control
  CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation translates diabetes research into daily practice to understand the impact of the disease, influence health outcomes, and improve access to quality health care.