MSUE Health and Nutrition Institute Dawn Contreras, director

Work groups Nutrition and Physical Activity Disease Prevention and Management Food Safety Social-Emotional Health and Wellbeing

Focus Area 1: Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity Levels 71.6 percent of men and 61.2 of women in the U.S. are identified as overweight or obese Approximately 33.6% of children under age 18 years are overweight or obese and 24.4% of children aged 2 to 8 years are overweight – nearly triple the rate during the early 1970s. Improved nutrition and physical activity are linked to reductions overweight and obesity.

Focus Area 1: Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity Levels Targeted Healthy Weight Efforts Last Year (Saginaw and Genesee County) Statistically significant changes Positive eating behaviors (fruit/vegetable/whole grain, caloric behavior consumption Physical activity Health Bio-metrics Weight Body Mass Index Waist Circumference

Focus Area 1: Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity Levels 2012 Indicators and Outcomes Five Targeted Outcomes Dietary Quality Physical Activity Caloric Balance Food Safety Food Resource Managemen t

Focus Area 1: Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity Levels Core Activities – Targeted Statewide Reach – 50,000 Adults and Youth Adult Education using Eating Right is Basic Youth Education using Show Me Nutrition Other research-based pilot or grant funded programs, i.e. BFI (WIC), Healthy Babies (CON), (S)Partners (DOR), Mothers in Motion (CON), Pyramids Between the Pages (CON, HDFS, UM), (BCBS (OrganWise Guys), Gleaners (Cooking Matters)

Area 2: Disease Prevention and Management Chronic diseases are the most prevalent, costly and preventable of all health problems. A disease of growing concern is diabetes More than 23 million Americans currently have diabetes and an estimated 54 million adults have pre-diabetes. In Michigan 700,000 adults have diabetes and an estimated two million MI adults are pre- diabetic

Area 2: Disease Prevention and Management Core Activities: Diabetes Prevention Program Dining with Diabetes programming A 6-part series on “Personal Action Toward Health” (PATH) training (offered face to face and online) Key Outcomes: Behavioral changes related to food consumption, physical activity, self-management behaviors, self- efficacy, health status, and health care utilization

Focus Area 3: Food Safety Overall health is impacted by the safety of the food supply Each year millions of illnesses in this country can be traced to food-borne bacteria Recent Example: Listeria in Cantaloupe Education needs to prevent contamination all along the chain from production and processing to preparation and preservation.

Focus Area 3: Food Safety Activities: Intensive training related to: Food Safety Food Preservation Core curricula: ServSafe Cottage Food Law Cooking for Crowds Agri Food Safety Education – GAP Food Preservation

Focus Area 4: Social-Emotional Health and Wellbeing Targeted 2012 Issue: Bullying Prevention 30% of US youth are involved in bullying (either victim or bully) 42% of 4 th to 6 th graders say they’ve been cyber bullied 60% of bullies in grades 6-8 are convicted of criminal charges by age 24.

Focus Area 4: Social-Emotional Health MSU Extension has an important role to play in addressing issues of adolescent aggression and violence. Key Activities – Deliver aggression and violence prevention evidenced- based programs directly targeted to adolescents and those who care for them. Develop and pilot the Be SAFE (Safe, Affirming and Fair Environments) research-based bullying prevention and education program for adolescents ages 11-14, the adults who work with them, and their parents/caregivers:

Working across groups Healthy Weight for all Michigan populations Food Safety Social-emotional health for people whose health is being threatened and those caring for them.