• The UF Books & Cooks literacy and nutrition program is expanding to more counties and will include information on Type 2 diabetes prevention.
• Participants say the program has boosted their children’s reading abilities and opened a new love for cooking.
• The program began as a collaboration between UF/IFAS and the UF Lastinger Center for Learning.

Suzuki Seymore never expected her daughter to develop a love for cooking, but these days, she creates fruit shish kebabs and burrito bowls like a mini chef-in-training.

Seymore, a Gainesville single mother, attributes her daughter’s new passion for cooking to the University of Florida nutrition and literacy program, Books & Cooks. The program teaches healthy nutrition habits and literacy skills by providing families with free nutrition-themed books and lessons centered around cooking, nutrient-rich food choices and how food can be fun and build connections.

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