![]() ![]() Inactivity: 29% of Alabamians are physically inactive.Infant Mortality: Alabama is 3rd highest in the nation in infant mortality.Food Insecurity: 16.1% of adults and 20.8% of Alabama children live with food insecurity.Poverty: Alabama is the 7th poorest state.AU EFNEP’s mission is to assist families with limited resources and youth in making simple changes in eating behaviors, so over time, healthy choices become healthy habits. EFNEP, as we know it today, is modeled after those first pilot years in Alabama.ĮFNEP is funded by the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Auburn University’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) has been providing nutrition education for Alabama’s families with limited resources since 1964 when EFNEP began as a pilot in only five states across the country. ![]()
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