Healthy Eating

Healthy Eating

A high-quality diet with appropriate daily caloric intake provides essential nutrients, helps people maintain a healthy weight, and decreases their risk of chronic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cancer. Evidence associates healthy eating with better health outcomes; however, many people do not consume the daily recommended levels of nutritious foods, such as fruits and vegetables, that make up a healthy diet. The Health Foundation’s focus in the Healthy Eating initiative is educational programs, such as nutrition and cooking classes, that influence behavior in selecting, preparing, cooking, and eating healthy foods and policy and promotion activities that encourage healthy eating.

Project Name
Managing Organization
Amount
Arbol de Vida
$149,056.64
Border Partners
$161,084.00
Centro de Asesoria y Promocion Juvenil
$171,600.00
Kelly Center for Hunger Relief
$294,204.97
New Mexico State University Foundation
$76,515.31
Organizacion Popular Independiente, A.C.
$63,799.95
Paso del Norte Children's Development Center
$191,681.86
The Mustard Seed Café -- A Community Cafe
$53,108.48
City of Las Cruces
$350,000.00

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