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Chronic Disease Prevention & Healthy Lifestyles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Obesity and other chronic diseases affect a large percentage of Thomas County residents. Programming in this are is focused on diet and lifestyle changes and education that encourage chronic disease prevention:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Diabetes Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Cancer Education and Preventative Measures<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Healthy Cooking and Eating Patterns<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Physical Activity Guidelines<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • So much more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Food Safety & Home Preservation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Commercial Food Safety Certifications for Food Service Establishments<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • General Food Safety for Youth and Adults<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Home Food Preservation Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>
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      Annual\/Ongoing Programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • Thomas County Citizens Academy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • School Nutrition Conference – In-Service Training<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Sunbelt Agriculture Expo – Backyard Gardening Building<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Live Better Thomas County – Try Days<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • WPAX Radio Spot – Happy & Healthy with Olivia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":531,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thomascountyfacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thomascountyfacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thomascountyfacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thomascountyfacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/531"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thomascountyfacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thomascountyfacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thomascountyfacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thomascountyfacs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}