This material was funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through the PA Department of Human Services (DHS). The Healthy Bodies Project is a nutrition education community outreach project funded by the Pennsylvania Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) program. We are housed within the Department of Biobehavioral Health at Penn State University. Our focus is on providing guidance to children, teachers, adults and families on ways to improve healthy eating and increase physical activity. We provide family, school-based and community programs. With a focus on food literacy - a set of skills needed to develop a healthy lifelong relationship with food - our programs aim to improve knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in ways that help families manage, select, and consume foods that support healthy growth and development. Our school-based curricula introduce children to a variety of healthy nutrition and physical activity topics, with a focus on learning about new fruits and vegetables, and other healthy foods, describing how each of them grows, and how food moves from farm to table. For adults and caregivers, we provide guidance on eating healthy on a budget, and strategies for providing healthy eating and physical activity environments for their family. The Healthy Bodies Project at the Pennsylvania State University, is directed by Dr. Lori Francis, a developmental health scientist with a focus on early experiences that influence healthy growth and development in children. Our team consists of researchers, nutrition and health educators, and other professionals and students from a diverse group of backgrounds, who are all devoted to improving family health outcomes.
*This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
