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.
SEARCH THIS SITE
RECENT NEWS
- Students get a look at Air National Guard jobs in Sioux City
- Speaker says House GOP to seek UI, ISU, UNI tuition caps
- Supreme Court rules in favor of UI in Children’s Hospital construction dispute
- Law lets police check for minors inside vape shops, tobacco retailers
- Singer with ‘Iowa roots’ has dual role in Michael Jackson musical (AUDIO)