Category Archives: Physical Activity

Nutritional Clutter

It’s spring cleaning time again.  This is when we are encouraged to clean our homes and remove clutter/build-up from the long winter.  Hopefully you are not a candidate for the hoarders shows t hat are on TV now!  Stuff can build up.  When this happens, it’s hard to get motivated to do anything.  It’s the same way with trying to get in shape.  It gets overwhelming—and where do you start?  It’s easier to go home and plop on the couch and 
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Breakfast = Energy for Learning!

Submitted by Guest Blogger:  Beth Bruck-Upton, MA, RD with the Midwest Dairy Association It is time to celebrate National School Breakfast week March 7-11, 2011!  National School Breakfast Week was launched in 1989 by the School Nutrition Association (SNA) to raise awareness of the availability of the School Breakfast Program to all children. In order for children to be alert, focused and ready to tackle the day's academic challenges, they need to eat breakfast. Not just on test days, but every day
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Where the Healthy Choice is the Easy Choice

“Live Well Omaha: Douglas County Putting Prevention to Work,” has a singular vision: to create a physical and cultural environment that maximizes the ability of all residents of Omaha and Douglas County to eat healthier foods and to be physically active, at any time and in any place. We are creating a community where the healthy choice is the easy choice. Through this movement UNL Extension in Douglas/Sarpy Counties has been
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