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Up one level‘They Really Can Succeed’: Through Focused Nutrition Classes
Curtis Smith was diagnosed with diabetes in the early 1980s. “I’ve always struggled with weight problems and high blood pressure, and I had some nutrition counseling offered through my doctor’s office, but I was never very successful,” said the 66-year-old retired teacher from Newark. Any weight loss he achieved would gradually creep back.
Extension Provides Nutrition Focus in New ‘Choice’ System at Ohio Food Pantries
“Oh, this is the first time I’ve seen baby food here,” said Venita Hendrix, a young mother of two, as she carefully chose a half-dozen jars to put in her cart. Hendrix was picking up groceries at the ServeCity Food Pantry in Hamilton, Ohio, among the first in the state to convert to a “client choice” model. At ServeCity and five other pantries in Butler County — and a growing number throughout the state — clients move through aisles with shopping carts, choosing among the food items offered instead of being handed a carton of pre-bagged food over a counter.