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A School Garden Flourishes in Rural Nevada
Jan 04, 2022 Children living in Pahrump, Nevada learn more about the importance of eating fresh fruits and vegetables by building their own school garden.

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Empowering Young Children to Make Healthy Choices in NV
Mar 05, 2024 Preschoolers in Nevada are learning about healthy foods and doing more structured physical activities in early childhood centers with support from University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Extension, a SNAP-Ed Implementing Agency.

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Grocery Stores Receive Healthy Drink Recipes
Feb 04, 2021 The goal of Rethink Your Drink Nevada (RYD) is to promote healthy beverage choices and decrease the intake of sugary drinks among households with young, school-age children (6-12 years-old). In 2017, RYD started to work with grocery stores in low-income communities to promote choosing healthy drinks where families shop. The team distributed free recipes for low-cost, simple, and healthy drinks at in-store events.

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Healthy Steps to Freedom
2019 University of Nevada Reno Extension
Healthy Steps to Freedom (HSF) is a direct education health, nutrition, and body image program (part of a broader intervention that includes PSE) designed to augment existing broad-based
- SNAP-Ed Interventions
Improving the Health of Aging Nevadans
Jan 29, 2021 Older adults in the state of Nevada are resilient. Despite current social distancing orders, older adults want to continue to improve their health and quality of life. The SNAP-Ed Healthy Aging strategy has continued delivering nutrition and physical education to older adults with the support of contractors, collaborators, and counties in Nevada.

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Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services SNAP-Ed Program
2015 Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services. SNAP-Ed Program.
Funding history, current partners, and programs of the Nevada SNAP-Ed. Summary of SNAP-Ed in Nevada.
Nevada SNAP-Ed State Impact Reports
2022 University of Nevada, Reno Extension.
Nevada SNAP-Ed State Impact Reports
- Impact Reports
Nevada Women in Recovery take Healthy Steps to Freedom
Mar 05, 2024 After completing the 10-week Healthy Steps to Freedom lessons, 70% of women assessed made healthier choices, 47% increased physical activity, 54% improved in body image acceptance and 49% reported desiring a higher ideal weight. These changes allow for a healthier recovery.

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SNAP-Ed FY 2019 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education Through the Land-Grand University System: A Retrospective Review of Land-Grant University SNAP-Ed Programs and Impacts
2020 Cooperative Extension Service Directors/Administrators through the National Land-Grant University SNAP-Ed Assessment
Report documenting the scope and impacts of SNAP-Ed conducted by LGUs (Land-Grant Universities). This document reports the results of a detailed survey administered to the LGUs engaged in SNAP-Ed.
- Impact Reports
SNAP-Ed in Nevada Helps Medical and Dental Offices Teach About Sugary Drinks
Jan 04, 2022 The goal of Rethink Your Drink Nevada (RYD) is to promote healthy drinks among young children. Part of the program involves supporting medical and dental care professionals. They get free materials to use with young patients and their parents.

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