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Better Kid Care Workshop Offered by ISU
(Posted on 4/8/2008)
Better Kidcare Satellite Workshop for child care center staff and family child care providers: May 15, 2008-Improving Transition Times.

Extension to Families...At Work, At Home Newsletter
(Posted on 2/6/2008)
Extension to Families...At Work, At Home is a FREE bi-monthly newsletter developed by the NE Iowa Family Field Specialists. Each bi-monthly issue contains three pages of useful information on nutrition and health, family life, and resource management.

Have a Healthy Heart
(Posted on 2/7/2007)
Have a healthy heart – promote low-fat cooking and active lifestyles. Food Nutrition, and Health.

Heart Disease and You
(Posted on 10/15/2006)
Smart food choices can decrease risk for heart disease. The average American eats about 65 to 100 grams of fat and about 200-350 milligrams of cholesterol a day. Recommended daily intakes are about 65 g of fat and 200 to 300 mg of cholesterol.

Iowa Food Security, Insecurity, and Hunger
(Posted on 9/29/2006)
Iowa families and the communities they live in are working together to solve the problems of individual, household and community food insecurity and hunger. Food insecurity affects health, worker productivity, growth and development of children, sense of well-being and quality of life.
Staff
Jill Weber-Families Field Specialist
Phone: 319-234-6811
Fax: 319-234-5581
Email:
jrweber@iastate.edu
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