Nutrition Education

The Iowa County Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program (WNEP) began in 1997 in response to the need expressed by community agencies for nutrition education for their limited income clients.  These agencies were eager to be able to provide additional nutrition education to their limited income clients and therefore support the genesis of WNEP.

FY10 Food Stamp Nutrition Ecucation (SNAP-Ed) – Iowa County

Overview of Food Stamp Nutrition Education efforts in Iowa County during FY10
Through the teaching events of Iowa County’s WNEP educators we reached 1,773 males (39%) and 2,748 females (61%) for a total of 4,521 learners.  The age groups of our learners were – seniors 589 (13%), adults without children 2,060 (46%), parents of infants/children 785 (17%), youth age 6-11 742 (16%), and youth age 4-5 345 (8%).  The ethnicity of our learners were 3% (126) Hispanic or Latino.

We reached 54,760 individuals throu the use of newsletters.  The audiences that we reached through our newsletters were seniors (96%) 52,800), parents of infants/children 2% (1,000) and adults without children 2% (960)

The teaching methods that were used this year as follows – learn-while-you-wait sessions 2,559 (57%), group sessions of 5 or more lessons 1,068 (24%), group sessions of 2-4 lessons 814 (18%), group sessions of a single lesson 54 (1%), and one-on-one lessons 26 (1%).  The major WNEP teaching outcome breakdown looka like this; food resource management 46% (2,074), nutrition/dietary quality topics 41% (1,858), food security 10% (449) and food safety topics 3% (140).

Participants will manage their food resources, use thrifty shopping practices for nutritious foods, and use community programs and resources to improve their food security

Food Resources for Iowa County (2 pages, 114 KB .doc)

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