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Adult and Senior Education

About Adult/Senior Education

Adult and Senior Education at CalFresh Healthy Living, UC intends to provide financial and nutritional education to local residents within Alameda County. Our mission is to introduce resources to the community that support good food habits and decision making skills. 

Available Adult and Senior Curricula

Eating Smart, Being Active

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Eating Smart, Being Active is an evidence-based curriculum designed using the socioecological model. The curriculum uses a dialog based approach to engage adult learners in nutrition, physical activity, food safety, and food resource management activities.

Eat Smart, Live Strong

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Eat Smart, Live Strong is an intervention designed to improve fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity among older adults. It supports the efforts of program providers and communities in delivering nutrition education to limited resource older adults.

MyPlate For My Family

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MyPlate for My Family is a MyPlate resource that supports SNAP-Ed nutrition education and obesity prevention efforts, and it is based on recommendations from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. It plays a key role in planning, purchasing, and preparing food for their families.

Making Every Dollar Count

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The Making Every Dollar Count curriculum helps you learn how to make your money work for you. The program equips you with the tools you need to help you gain control of your money.

Adult and Senior Workshops

Eating Smart, Being Active

Eating Smart, Being Active is an Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) curriculum for adults developed by EFNEP staff at Colorado State University and the University of California, Davis. Based upon the socioecological model, Eating Smart, Being Active is an evidence-based nutrition education and obesity prevention curriculum.

Eat Healthy, Be Active Community Workshops

The Eat Healthy, Be Active community workshops are based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2015-2020) and the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Each of these six 1-hour workshops includes a lesson plan, learning objectives, talking points, hands-on activities, videos, and handouts. The workshops are used by community educators, health promoters, dietitians/nutritionists, cooperative extension agents, and others to teach to adults in a wide variety of community settings.

Fresh From the Garden

Fresh From the Garden targets limited-resource home gardeners and their families with lessons designed to increase knowledge of healthful eating and physical activity. This curriculum does so while emphasizing the health benefits of a vegetable-rich diet. Lessons are available in English and Spanish and can be presented as a single session workshop or as a series of lessons.

Healthy, Happy Families

Healthy, Happy Families is a curriculum composed of eight mini-lessons that help parents promote healthy eating and physical activity habits in preschool-aged children. Lessons may be taught as a single session workshop or as a series. Curriculum is available in both English and Spanish.