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Nutrition & Health
Looking for current information on Nutrition and Wellness issues? Look no further! The latest research based information can be found right here!

Featured Websites
Wellness Ways Food for Thought Fiesta of Flavors Taste of Gardening MyPyramid.gov Fresh From the World...Where Your Food Comes From
Additional Websites
  • Let's Party
    Tips for having safe, drug free parties for 5th-8th graders including a hosting checklist, tasty recipes, and fun party games.
  • Recipes for Diabetes
    Recipes from Extension's Dining with Diabetes or Living Well with Diabetes programs.
  • Your Guide to Diet and Diabetes
    This site focuses on the role that diet plays in the treatment of adults with diabetes.
  • Healthy Hopping
    Jumping rope is fun and good for you, too! Learn nine different single rope stunts along with jump rope rhymes and games.
  • Nibbles
    Ideas for coping with the challenges of parenting and preparing your children for success.
  • Nutrition & Health
    A collection of interesting sites about nutrition and health from U of I Extension.
  • Herb Gardening
    Guide to growing and using common herbs.
Local Programs
Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program (FSNEP)

Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program (FSNEP)
Offering information and programs for individuals and families living with limited resources!

Master Food Preservers

Home Canning Basics

  • National Center for Home Food Preservation
    Essential resource for the latest research based home food preservation methods.

  • So Easy to Preserve
    Extension Food Safety Specialists from the Department of Foods and Nutrition at The University of Georgia have written this comprehensive book on home food preservation/canning. Included in this useful canning book are hundreds of recipes for the home canner as well as detailed instructions and information on the science of home food preservaton.

Our other program areas....

News & Updates
Welcome to Our Kitchen
Learn the latest in nutrition and food safety.

Diabetes Life Lines
Current diabetes research.
Get Up and Move!
4-H activities that encourage physical activity to help create healthy individuals, families and communities.
Less Is More
Fact sheets, tips and recipes that can help lead to healthier lifestyles.
Nibbles
Ideas for coping with the challenges of parenting and preparing your children for success.
Your Health and You
Valuable tips for staying healthy.
Upcoming Events

Managing Diabetes - May 6 and 13, 2008
Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
May 6-13, 2008

Safely Aging in Place
McHenry, Illinois (McHenry County)
June 12, 2008

Photo Galleries
Harvard Prairie Toppers Food Drive 2007
McHenry Ethnic Foods Tour Photo Gallery
Contact Us
For more information about these programs, please contact:

Kasey Murphy
FNP Coordinator
McHenry County Unit
1102 McConnell Road
Box 1430
Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: 815-338-3737 x19
FAX: 815-338-4755
kmurphy@uiuc.edu

Guadalupe Aguilar
FNP-BiLingual
McHenry County Unit
1102 McConnell Road
Box 1430
Woodstock, IL 60098
Phone: 815-338-3737 x21
FAX: 815-338-4755
gaguilar@uiuc.edu

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