West Virginia State University

Gus R. Douglass Land-Grant Institute

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

EFNEP’s mission is to improve the health of limited resource youth and families with young children through practical lessons on basic nutrition and healthy lifestyles, resource management, and food safety. WVSU Extension Service has only offered EFNEP since 2006. In 2007, WVSU Extension Service began delivering EFNEP using the Show Me Nutrition curriculum developed by Missouri University Extension. The handbooks have been recently updated to include MyPyramid and MyPyramid for Kids. The comprehensive nutrition curriculum teaches youths from preschool through junior high how to adopt a healthy lifestyle. It supports grade level expectations for math and communication arts, where appropriate. The preschool curriculum will be taught at Head Start Centers and preschools in both Boone and Kanawha Counties.

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