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Study says food dollars yield dividends

May 28, 2001 By admin

A study finds for every dollar spent to educate low-income Iowa families about nutrition, 10-dollars-75-cents is saved in future health care costs. Kimberly Greder is the state coordinator of Iowa’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program, or EFNEP.Greder says the program has been around Iowa in various forms for 30 years and helps thousands of low-income families learn about the importance of nutrition.Greder says good nutritional habits help families by improving their health and well being. She says health care costs are lowered when well-nourished families avoid diseases ranging from obesity to osteoporosis.She says EFNEP helps families to stretch the dollars they do have so they can buy and prepare healthier foods for themselves and their children.

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