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Sample Impact Statement

In _________ County, ___#__ of families (__#_ adults and __#__ children) participated in family meal

night. Participants displayed good food-safety practices, prepared one or more recipes from scratch or

store-scratch, sampled new foods and/or recipes, and participated in family group discussion. During

follow-up interviews, families reported that ___% ate five or more servings of vegetables, ___% had

tried one or more new foods, ___% of children prepared one or more recipes, and ___% ate a meal

together five or more days per week, ___% ate a meal together 3 to 4 times per week and ___% ate a

meal together two or less times per week.

*The Nutrition Education Program (NEP) has a

“Behavior

Checklist” and

“Additional

Questions” that can

be used as a pre- and post-test to determine if participants have changed practices as a result of

programs presented. NEP provides information on how to summarize the information collected and can

provide data to compare the outcomes to county, state, and national data.

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