Nutrition & Health – Land Grant Impacts

Impact Summaries

Community Nutrition Programs Improve Healthful Outcomes

Reaching Out to Farmers in Crisis Through Mental Health Initiatives

Improving Healthful Outcomes with Exercise

Decreasing Tobacco Use in Youths and Adults

Diabetes Prevention and Patient Empowerment

Scientists Across the Country Working to Create More Nutrient-Dense Diets

Programs for an Aging Population Focus on Small Ways to Make a Big Difference

Extension Programs Help Create Safe and Healthy Living Environments

Migrant Farmworkers Receive Much Needed Health Screens

Impact Stories

Fall risk reduction programs help older adults thrive

Northeast network builds stress resilience in agriculture populations

Engineering healthier frozen dairy desserts

Fathers and men model positive health and nutrition behaviors

Preparing and preserving local staples safely in Alaska

Maternal choline supplementation improves infant cognitive development

Partnering with communities and landscape architecture students to create safe exercise routes in rural Georgia
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Establishing foundations for healthy living in Louisiana

Educating nurses to understand rural and farm stress as frontline caregivers

Penn State research improves human health through innovations in entomology and animal science

Studying whether stealing sleep from mosquitoes will stop spread of disease

Obesity prevention and reduction in Alabama

Engaging community volunteers helps reduce food insecurity in Montana

Increasing fruit and vegetable intake in cancer patients

Using soccer to kick-start better health for youth