Universities team up to train dietetic interns, improve community health in southern Nevada

An intern helps a boy choose stalks of celery and place them in his reusable shopping bag.At Extension’s Wholesome Children Competition throughout Nationwide Childhood Weight problems Consciousness Month, UNLV interns with Extension assist kids select wholesome meals
An intern takes a girl's measurements.and assist households study Physique Mass Index (BMI), wholesome consuming and bodily exercise. Images courtesy of Aurora Buffington and Anne Lindsay.
In a brightly lit gymnasium, kids wearing Hoops for Hope shirts arrange foods on a board by their healthiness, with healthy foods going in the 'Go' category, unhealthy foods going in the 'Whoa' category and in between foods going in the 'Slow' category.At Hoops for Hope, campers meet with specialists, together with from Extension, to study vitamin, well being, health and extra. Photograph courtesy of Quiet Storm Basis.

In offering the actions, the longer term vitamin professionals observe the vitamin and well being communication expertise they should succeed, whereas increasing the actions Extension offers to the Clark County neighborhood. 

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