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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">If you received this message twice, I apologize. I am new to the process of posting to the listserv. Please read
the attached flyer for additional information about the OSU Extension program in which we are inviting you to participate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Dear OAFCS member,</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">This year OAFCS is collaborating with OSU Extension to help each of us Live Healthy, Live Well. We challenge you
to participate in the 2013 Kick off the Pounds program offered by OSU Extension. I participated in this six-week program last year and thoroughly enjoyed reading the informative emails and the wonderful recipes. One of the weekly drawing prizes, a large insulated
lunch bag, was delivered to my home so you never know how lucky you will be! </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">We believe that this program, Live Healthy, Live Well, supports our program goals for the year as well as those
of AAFCS. Won’t you join us in this cooperative effort? It is free and easy to join—two things that really matter in our busy lives. Please, direct any questions about the program to Carol Chandler as explained at the end of her message below.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Here’s to living healthy and well!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Candace Fox, President <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Ohio Association of Family and Consumer Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Greetings, OAFCS Members!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Perhaps you started off your spring and summer strong with lots of physical activity and eating
healthier with a goal to drop a few pounds in an effort to improve your overall well-being. However, if you are like me, you slowed down on your dedication and commitment to a healthier you when the summer heat rose and you took a week off for vacation or
the county fair – and then that week turns into two, then three and so on. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#3C3C3C">
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">In a series of three separate studies looking at how changes in multiple dietary and other lifestyle factors relate to long-term weight gain, Harvard School of Public Health
(HSPH) researchers found that modest changes in specific foods and beverages, physical activity, TV-watching, and sleep duration were strongly linked with long-term weight loss. Changes in diet, in particular, had the strongest associations with differences
in weight gain (<i>New England Journal of Medicine, 2011). </i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> This research should serve as encouragement to embrace lifestyle changes including dietary intake
and regular physical activity. To assist you with your journey to a healthier lifestyle, please consider joining Ohio State University Extension’s six week wellness challenge – “Kick Off the Pounds”. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";background:yellow"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> This
on-line challenge is designed to help participants get fit by encouraging regular physical activity and healthier food choices while incorporating wellness tips. Participants will receive weekly communications via email with support materials available by
blog and Facebook. Email messages will be highlighted with educational tips and accompanying recipes. (See flyer attached.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Anyone who documents a nutrition, health and fitness lifestyle change at the completion of the six-week
program will be entered in a drawing to win a prize. There will be weekly drawings for cookbooks, fitness products, and other prizes to encourage wellness - all participants are eligible to win.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> In addition to the free, weekly e-communications, participants will be able to download a dietary
intake and physical activity log to help participants track their progress. Pre-and post- challenge surveys will be used to collect data to determine program impact and ways to improve future programming efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Interested in participating in this on-line challenge? Go to this link:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://eheosu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3J0Xvmn7jOtn18p" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">https://eheosu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3J0Xvmn7jOtn18p</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">by September 8 to
register with your name and email address. In a few days, you will receive a message with a link to complete the pre-challenge survey. The challenge will begin officially on Monday, September 9 and run through Sunday, October 20. While Facebook will be
utilized, it is optional and participants only need to have an email address. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact me (Carol Chandler) at
</span><a href="mailto:chandler.4@osu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">chandler.4@osu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> or call
</span><a href="tel:740-475-9304" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">740-475-9304</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Candace K. Fox, PhD, CFCS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor and Chair, FCS Department<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mount Vernon Nazarene University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">800 Martinsburg Rd.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mount Vernon, OH 43050<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:cfox@mvnu.edu">cfox@mvnu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">740-392-6868<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.aafcs.org/AboutUs/FCSbrand.asp"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="282" height="115" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CEA7CB.2BEF3620" alt="Description: http://www.aafcs.org/images/FCS_Brand_Banner.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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