Family & Consumer Sciences

Walk-A-Weigh

The Walk-a-Weigh Program is a series of lessons that will teach you how to make the changes you want to make to achieve permanent weight control. Family and Consumer Science Agent Brad Averill will offer a different class each week to provide you with the skills to improve your food intake, become more physically active and adopt the health habits that will allow you to stay happy and healthy for a long time. Each class also includes educational handouts and activities that will reinforce what you have learned.

Physical Activity is an important component of Walk-a-Weigh. As a group we wil participate in physical activity with a supportive group for 30-45 minutes per session.

Resources from UGA Extension- Family and Consumer Science

Here are some of UGA Extension's most popular resources on family, food, health, home, and money.

eLearning with UGA SNAP-Ed 24/7 Tips to live a more active lifestyle, shop smarter, make healthier food choices, and cook delicious meals on a budget! Receive free kitchen and fitness items.

Start a New Food Business A collection of resources to help you get started with your small food business.

Food Talk Eat healthy and get moving on a budget. Find free online nutrition education courses, recipes, and other resources.

Marriage Matters Series Looking for ways to strengthen your relationship? Whether you have just started dating, have been married for a while, or have been married more than once, we can always use some guidance in developing and maintaining a healthy and satisfying relationship.

Childcare Provider Training Entity-approved training to help child care providers meet state licensing requirements. Check the calendar for training events near you.

Your Good Credit Series Establishing, maintaining, and protecting Your Good Credit can save you thousands of dollars over time. This series will teach you the basics of credit reports and scores.

So Easy to Preserve This book covers topics on preserving food, canning, pickled products, sweet spreads and syrups, freezing and drying. Available for purchase only.

Eat Healthy, Be Active A flexible 3-week schedule of hands-on activities meant to improve young children's health and well-being by teaching key nutrition and physical activity concepts.

Radon Education Radon is a colorless, tasteless odorless gas that can cause lung cancer. It occurs naturally and is released into the soil, easily entering buildings through the foundation. The only way to know if you have radon is to test.

Building Baby's Brain Series What happens during a child's first few years makes a big difference in the child's later life. This series helps parents learn strategies to improve early brain development.

Newsletters

Diabetes Life Line 2019 Fall Newsletter:

https://www.fcs.uga.edu/docs/Vol_33_No_3_Fall_2019.pdf

Archived Newsletters for Diabetes Life Line

http://www.fcs.uga.edu/news/tag/diabetes+life+lines

Healthy Indoor Environments: September 2019

https://www.fcs.uga.edu/news/tag/hie+newsletters

Project Free:

Children thrive when the adults in their lives have healthy relationships.

www.ugaprojectfree.com/

Food Preservation Links

https://cfs.caes.uga.edu/
https://www.foodsafety.gov/
https://extension.uga.edu/topic-areas/food-health/commercial-home-food-safety.html

Eating Healthy and Living Better

Eat more fruits and vegetables
Eat less fat
Eat a variety of foods
Prepare and store food safely
Practice thrifty food shopping and meal planning for nutritious foods
Balance activity and food choices

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