Category: Health & Nutrition

New on Featured Creatures! Black salt marsh mosquito.

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
May 6, 2014

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The black salt marsh mosquito, Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann), is very common in the eastern coastal areas of the Americas, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Coasts & Marine, Forests, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Recreation, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Featured Creatures, Mosquitoes, Pest Alert

What’s the best mosquito repellent to use?

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
May 6, 2014

Scientific studies have shown the mosquito-repelling effectiveness of the chemical N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide, which is better known by the acronym DEET. Although people have reported good results with other options ranging from cosmetics to ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation, Work & Life
Tags: Bug, BugWeek, Dangerous, DEET, Entomology, FAQ, Insects, Mosquito, Repellent

I think I’m having health problems related to bugs.

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
May 6, 2014

As much as we’d like to help, we’re not physicians and so it would be irresponsible for us to try to diagnose a medical problem. The best thing for you to do is discuss your symptoms with your primary care provider or a dermatologist. If ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: Bug, BugWeek, Entomology, FAQ, Health, Insects

Is TV Affecting Your Teen’s Weight?

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May 5, 2014

By Jenna Norris, MS Student, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida, Gail Kauwell, PhD, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida, and Carol Church, Writer, Family Album Reviewed by ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Nutrition And Food Systems, Obesity, Parenting

Preserving Food: It is Not Like In Grandma’s Day

by Ken Gioeli
May 2, 2014

Shelley Swenson Franklin/Wakulla County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent UF/IFAS Home canning has changed greatly in the 170 years since it was introduced as a way to preserve food. Grandma may have cooked her green beans and poured them into ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Canning, Families & Consumers, Family & Consumer Sciences, Food Safety, Home Canning, Preservation, Safety, Shelley Swenson, Wakulla Extension, Women

Nutriciόn Familiar en Acciόn – Mayo /Junio 2014

by mking
May 1, 2014

¡Nutriciόn Familiar en Acciόn - Mayo /Junio 2014! ¿Haciendo limpieza de primavera? ¡Empiece con tu Cocina! ¿Se Deja o Se Bota? El Rinconcito: Frijoles Negros Receta: Burrito de Frijoles Negros READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition
Tags: Nutricion Familiar En Accion

Teen Health Today: What They’re Getting Right…and Wrong

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April 30, 2014

By Carol Church, Writer, Family Album Reviewed by Karla Shelnutt, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida, and Lacey Chapa, MS, Assistant Nutrition Education Coordinator, Department of Family, Youth, ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Nutrition And Food Systems, Obesity, Parenting

Americans Eat Too Many SoFAS

by Angela Hinkle
April 15, 2014

Written by Angela Hinkle, EFNEP Extension Agent at UF/IFAS Escambia County Reviewed by Karla P. Shelnutt, Ph.D., RD, LD/N, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, University of Florida, and Linda B. Bobroff, Ph.D., RD, LD/N, Department ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Nutrition And Food Systems, Obesity, Parenting

The Real Value Meal

by sellis
April 14, 2014

By Sarah Ellis, Family and Consumer Sciences Agent at UF/IFAS Citrus County Reviewed by Karla Shelnutt, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, University of Florida, and Linda Bobroff, PhD, Department of Family, Youth, and ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Nutrition And Food Systems

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