UGA Extension aims to provide unbiased, research-based information to help individuals and their families live healthier, happier lives through maintaining a nutritious and active lifestyle.
Our Programs and Services
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Cooking for a Life Time Cancer Prevention Cooking School Cooking curriculum teaching how to reduce risk for cancer through healthy food choices and physical activity.
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Eat Healthy, Be Active Teaches children key nutrition and physical activity concepts.
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Prevent Type 2 Diabetes A lifestyle change program that helps people with prediabetes prevent or delay type 2 diabetes.
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Rite Bite Diabetes Cooking School A curriculum for teaching meal planning and food preparation skills.
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School Garden Curriculum Garden-based lessons listed by grade level on earth science, life science, and physical science topics.
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SNAP-Education Learn how to eat more healthfully, feed your family on a budget, and keep your food safe.
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The Science Behind Our Food Lesson Plans Applied science curriculum in biology, chemistry, physical science and other subjects.
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Walk-a-Weigh An award winning weight control program including physical activity and a healthy food demonstration.
Recent Publications
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PFAS: Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (B 1577) Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of more than 9,000 manmade chemicals that have been in use worldwide since 1940, primarily in industry and numerous commercial and cons…
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Food Safety During Pregnancy: 4 Essential Steps to Protect Mom and Baby From Foodborne Illness (C 1321) Pregnancy is a time of change, and moms-to-be have a lot to think about, for themselves and for their babies. Food safety and preventing foodborne illness (sickness caused by contaminated foods) is ve…
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Home Emergency Preparedness Handbook (B 1428) Communities across Georgia are subject to a number of potential disasters such as fires, flooding, severe storms, earthquakes, dam failures, tornados and hurricanes. While we all hope that such occurr…
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Home Emergency Preparedness Checklist (B 1428-1) A two-page checklist of the basic list of supplies you should have ready for emergencies. Keep the items you will most likely need during an evacuation in an easy-to-carry, waterproof container. Be mi…
Websites
UGA-affiliated sites
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.
FoodTalk.org Recipes, cooking videos, educational games and lessons, and plenty of resources to help you make healthy food and physical activity choices for your whole family as well as Online and Instructor Lead Learning as part of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education.
FCS Nutrition and Health Family and Consumer Sciences' Extension information related to nutrition and health.
UGA Department of Food Science and Technology Learn more about the food science and technology department at the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
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 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.
Body Weight Planner Enter your starting information, including your weight, sex, age, height, and physical activity level.
MyPlate Remember the food pyramid? Meet MyPlate, the official symbol of the five food groups. Learn how to make MyPlate work for you.
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Listening Session United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited the Iron Horse Farm at the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences earlier this month for a listening session with Georgia’s agricultural leaders and the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
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Women Farmer Stress Female farm owners cite animal loss, succession planning as key stressors.
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Farm Bill You’ve probably heard of the U.S. Farm Bill, but do you know what it is? While it may seem like it only affects farmers, this complex legislation impacts everyone — whether you buy groceries, care about conservation or rely on nutrition programs.
