{"id":244914,"date":"2013-01-17T13:44:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T13:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenesis.com\/nutrition-education-program-for-food-stamp-recipients-faces-cuts\/"},"modified":"2013-01-17T13:44:58","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T13:44:58","slug":"nutrition-education-program-for-food-stamp-recipients-faces-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/nutrition\/nutrition-education-program-for-food-stamp-recipients-faces-cuts.php","title":{"rendered":"Nutrition education program for food stamp recipients faces cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>by Julie  Siple, Minnesota Public Radio  <\/p>\n<p>    January 16, 2013  <\/p>\n<p>            Audio player code:            <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"minnesota_general_features_2013_01_15_nutritionedu_20130115_64s_player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"319\" height=\"83\" src=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/www_publicradio\/tools\/media_player\/syndicate.php?name=minnesota\/general\/features\/2013\/01\/15\/nutritionedu_20130115_64\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe>          <\/p>\n<p>    ST. PAUL, Minn.  Recent action by the federal government to    prevent dairy prices from skyrocketing will curtail an effort    to help Minnesota food stamp recipients eat healthier.  <\/p>\n<p>    As part of the fical cliff negotiations earlier this month,    officials moved to keep the dairy industry's price support    system from expiring. But to do so, Congress took about $110    million from the nutritional education component of the    Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as    food stamps.  <\/p>\n<p>    As a result, the education program aimed at helping low income    Americans make healthy food choices took a hit. Program leaders    in Minnesota are scrambling to absorb what they expect will be    a $2.6 million cut from a $9.7 million grant in FY2013. States    have not received final word on the size of the cuts.  <\/p>\n<p>    \"We know the research shows that kids that eat well, parents    that eat well, do better at work, they do better at school,\"    said Bev Durgan, dean of University of Minnesota Extension,    which runs the statewide program. \"It cuts down on health care    costs. So this program really is about helping people make    better decisions.\"  <\/p>\n<p>    Durgan said the program is particularly important at a time of    economic crisis, when families are struggling to put healthy    food on the table and health care costs are rising. Community    nutrition educators help families stretch tight food budgets to    afford enough healthy food. They also help children make smart    decisions that will serve them well over a lifetime.  <\/p>\n<p>    TEACHING GOOD HABITS IN FOOD CHOICES  <\/p>\n<p>    On a recent day, middle school students at Washington    Technology Magnet School in St. Paul gathered around Angie    Thornhill, one of those nutrition educators, to make a simple    taco salad.  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read more from the original source:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2013\/01\/16\/health\/nutrition-ed-program-cut?refid=0\" title=\"Nutrition education program for food stamp recipients faces cuts\">Nutrition education program for food stamp recipients faces cuts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> by Julie Siple, Minnesota Public Radio January 16, 2013 Audio player code: ST. 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