Odh's tips for the national nutritional month

Ohio – March is recognized as a national nutritional month in which the Academy of Nutrition and Nutrition drives the importance of hooking and healthy eating.

This year the topic of the month is “Food Connects Us”, and the Ohio Ministry of Health has tips for Ohioaner to recognize the month.

Odh said one of the simplest opportunities to celebrate was to share meals and do this in order to do so freely. This means that without technology, deflecting or serving as a supplement to the meal.

“You could try to cook a new, healthy recipe with others and then sit down to enjoy the food together,” said Mike Siemenski, nutritionist for public health at the Ministry of Health in Ohio in a press release. “Perhaps you share something that has been in your family for decades, or you try something new that you have heard of a colleague. The possibilities are endless. “

The department also recommended shopping, in local shopping for meals for meals, e.g. B. on farmers or pop-ups.

People with Snap/EBT cards also have programs and organizations available to process more nutrients in meals. Producperks, a non-profit organization, works on all products for up to $ 25 in dollars too dollar. People with the cards that spend 25 US dollars for fruit and vegetables receive more products worth 25 US dollars.

The program works on participating farmers' markets and grocery stores. Click here to check locations nearby.

In the meantime, the Nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC) farmers market also offer vouchers for justified families to buy fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs from farmers, peasant markets and farmers. This program should begin in June.

WIC also gives ways for mothers to acquire nutrition education, to find support and to find lactation consultants and breastfeeding colleagues to support mothers across the state.

ODH also offers a health promotion program with which Ohioaner can find resource and access to healthy and affordable foods, e.g. B.:

• “Guidelines for food service that increase healthier options in jobs and community environments
• A coordinator for food accesses that plans throughout the state, implemented and evaluated strategies for food access
• Farm to School, a program for the United States Ministry of Agriculture, which promotes local grocery shopping and healthier options for young people in Pre-K via college
• The PRX program (Produce Recriptation) from ODH, with which health service providers can prescribe fruit and vegetables in participating places for patients with chronic diseases and lack of access to nutritious foods. “

Odh's early childhood health program In addition to the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the children of Ohio also work with a healthy diet in such a way that they last all their lives. You can find more information here.