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Expanded food and nutrition program shows great success

Teaching adults about healthy food choices is highly cost-effective, according to a recent Cornell University study. The study, led by Jamie Dollahite, PhD, supplied low-income adults with the necessary knowledge to provide healthy diets to their families. The benefit-cost ratio in terms of the well-being of the families and cost to provide them with the course was almost 10 to 1. Full story