CalFresh Healthy Living aims to improve the health and wellbeing of Californians through interventions that promote healthy eating and active living. Interventions include evidence-based nutrition and physical activity education programs delivered to adults in community settings, like congregate meal sites and parks and recreation facilities. In federal fiscal year 2024, the Nutrition Policy Institute, in partnership with local health departments, evaluated series-based education programs. To measure program outcomes, participants self-reported their dietary and physical behaviors on a survey before and after the program. An infographic developed by the Nutrition Policy Institute describes these adult participants and summarizes changes in their behaviors. The infographic demonstrates a number of behavior changes, including:
- Vegetable intake increased by 0.5 cups per day
- Fruit intake increased by 0.5 cups per day
- Drinking soda 'often or everyday' decreased by 58%
- The number of participants meeting the recommendation of 2+ days of muscle strengthening activity/week increased by 47%
Learn more about NPI's work to evaluate CalFresh Healthy Living.
CalFresh Healthy Living aims to improve students' health and wellbeing through interventions that promote healthy eating and physical activity. In 2023-24, 92 school and school-based after school sites partnered with the local health department in their county to implement and evaluate CalFresh Healthy Living Programming. To measure program outcomes, students reported their dietary intake and physical activity behaviors on a self-administered survey before and after the programming. An infographic developed by the Nutrition Policy Institute describes the sample of students who participated in the evaluation and summarizes changes in their nutrition and physical activity behaviors. The infographic demonstrates a number of behavior changes, including:
- Whole fruit consumption increased by 0.5 times per day
- Sugary drink consumption decreased by 0.5 times per day
- The number of students achieving 60min of daily physical activity increased by 16%
Learn more about NPI's work to evaluate the CalFresh Healthy Living program.
