Food, Nutrition, and Health

Understanding the relationship among our lifestyle, food--what we eat and where it comes from--and even our finances is a key component of good health. Cooperative Extension, a unit of Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES), addresses diverse unmet issues of nutrition and health, from teaching our most vulnerable residents about healthy eating on a budget, to programs that promote health and reduce the risk of chronic disease, to promoting the benefits of exercise. By bringing the best in research and education to respond to the urgent and growing challenges to nutrition and human health, NJAES programs guide New Jersey residents to better health and wealth.

Resources

Chronic Disease Prevention

• National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
• NJ Empower to Prevent
• Programs for Chronic Disease Management

Community Food Systems

• Rutgers Community Farmers Market

Food Literacy

• Functional Foods For Life
• Healthy Recipes from FCHS
• Nutrition Education Targeting Limited Resource Families
  • Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
  • New Jersey SNAP-Ed Region 2
• Food and Nutrition Fact Sheets & Bulletins

Food Safety

• Food Safety
• Home Food Preservation

School Wellness

• Skillfully Working with People with Disabilities
• Functional Foods for Life Educational Program
• Healthy Aging Webinars
• Wellness Wednesdays

Wellness

• Wellness Wednesdays with FCHS
• Health and Fitness Fact Sheets and Bulletins