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BIDDEFORD, Maine

Nutrition mission: New SNAP-Ed education coordinator aims to simplify healthier living

Hilary Wiggins

Hilary Wiggins is as frustrated as everyone else about nutrition. As the new SNAP-Ed nutrition education coordinator recently told the ‘Journal Tribune,’ our food systems have been flooded with highly processed foods, making it difficult to decide what’s healthy and what’s not.

"I sympathize with the public's frustration and confusion regarding nutrition, it can be difficult to know what to eat when there is an overwhelming surplus of contradictory information available, much of which is not backed by sound, scientific evidence," Wiggins said. "I believe that increasing nutrition education and physical activity in schools can help set the record straight and instill healthy eating behaviors in generations to come." Higgins plans to promote healthier living through small, incremental changes in diet and lifestyle.

SNAP-Ed (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education) is a federally funded nutrition education program. Locally, it is offered through the 51С»Æ³µCollege of Osteopathic Medicine’s Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition. It provides educational resources to teach people how to eat healthy on a budget.

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