
Programs

Healthy Concessions
In order to promote healthier eating options while also keeping costs low and profit margins high, partners from across the state worked together to develop toolkits that offer healthy model guidelines, menu choices and easy-to-use tools for concessions in Missouri parks and schools.
Events

March 4, 2025 - May 1, 2025
Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention

March 12, 2025 - May 9, 2025
Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention

March 24, 2025 - May 19, 2025
Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention at Excelsior Springs Community Center

March 26, 2025 - May 30, 2025
Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention - Kimberling City
Resources
Centers for Disease Control, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obes…
Provides resources and strategies for reducing obesity as well as access to published research on the issue.
Cooking Matters
Resources provided by the Cooking Matters program to help families shop for and cook healthy meals on a budget.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Dietary information and guidelines for the general public.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans is an essential resource for health professionals and policymakers as they design and implement food and nutrition programs that feed the American people, such as USDA’s National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program, which feed more than 30 million children each school day. The Dietary Guidelines also provides information that helps Americans make healthy choices for themselves and their families.
Meet the experts

Stephen Ball
Professor, State Fitness Specialist

Casey Adkins
Nutrition Program Associate

Alyssa Alvarado
Nutrition Program Associate

Wendy Atterberg
Nutrition Program Associate

Teresa Bell
Nutrition Program Associate

Ashley Blain
Nutrition Program Associate

Ellen Bloomer-Thornton
Nutrition Program Associate

Alyssa Bowyer
Nutrition Program Associate

Sarah Boyer
Youth and Nutrition Program Associate

Kaley Bozarth
Nutrition & Youth Program Associate

Jo Britt Rankin
Extension Professor

Mellissia Butler
Nutrition Program Associate

Jacquelyn Coleman
Nutrition Program Associate

Sherry Combs
Nutrition Program Associate

Christi Crisp
Nutrition Program Associate

Tammy Culpepper
Nutrition Program Associate

Leslie Davis
Nutrition Program Associate

Linda Dawes
Nutrition Program Associate

Deborah Dody
Nutrition Program Associate

Kevin Faulk
Nutrition Program Associate

Diana Finlay
Nutrition Program Associate

Janet Fox
Nutrition Program Associate

Allicyn Freyer
Nutrition Program Associate

Ashley Garner
Nutrition Program Associate

Caitlin Geller
Nutrition Program Associate

Julie Graue
Nutrition Program Associate

Fanda Green
Nutrition Program Associate

Teresa Green
Nutrition Program Associate

Dalton Guess
Nutrition Program Associate

Allison Gunter
Extension Engagement Specialist

Monica Haaf
Nutrition Program Associate

Tyler Hall
Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Ashley Hamilton
Nutrition Program Associate

Katharine Hanlon
Nutrition Program Associate

Liz Harrison
Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health Education

Dawn Hicks
Nutrition Program Associate

Sherri Hull
Nutrition Program Associate

Anthony Jappa
Nutrition Program Associate

Amanda Kiszczak
Nutrition Program Associate

Judith Koehr
Nutrition Program Associate

Amanda Lehenbauer
Nutrition Program Associate

Lori Lewis
Nutrition Program Associate

Juana Lopez
Nutrition Program Associate

Neina Martin
Nutrition Program Associate

Amanda McCormick
Nutrition Program Associate

Elizabeth McGinley
Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Dana McGuire
Nutrition Program Associate

Julie Meek
Nutrition Program Associate

Jim Meyer
Extension Engagement Specialist

Kristin Miller
Assistant Director, Health and Human Sciences

Victoria Moffett
Nutrition Program Associate

Maria Montoya De Rivera
Nutrition Program Associate

Deborah O'Neal
Nutrition Program Associate

Sidney Patrick
Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health

Valerie Pickering
Nutrition Program Associate

Morgan Ream
Nutrition Program Associate

Lauren Richardson
Nutrition Program Associate

Regina Ripley
Nutrition Program Associate

Betty Roston
Nutrition Program Associate

Heather Scharbach
Nutrition Program Associate

Emalie Schoenbeck
Nutrition Program Associate

Dawn Sebion
Nutrition Program Associate

Vickie Seiler
Nutrition Program Associate

Hilliary Shumock
Nutrition Program Associate

Rebecca Smith
Nutrition Program Associate

Ariel Sparks
Nutrition Program Associate

Veronica Taylor
Nutrition Program Associate

Christina Todd
Nutrition Program Associate

Deann Turner
Nutrition Program Manager

Heather Warren
Nutrition Program Associate

Carla Wayland White
Nutrition Program Associate

Christy Whittaker
Nutrition Program Associate

Barbara Wisdom
Nutrition Program Associate

Stephanie Wofford
Nutrition Program Associate

Sarah Wood
Assistant Extension Professor

Sandra Zapata Arias
Nutrition Program Associate

Tammy Zuzack
Nutrition Program Associate