Husky Nutrition is funded by the USDA, an equalopportunity provider.

HuskySmart

Shopping

The Husky Smart Shopping(HSS) program teaches low-incomeCT residents nutrition principles,healthy cooking techniques, and foodbudgeting skills. Dietitians, with the assistance ofUConn students, conduct:

Live and classroom-based grocerystore toursFood demonstrations at food storesand in community settingsEducation at farmers markets

HSS programs take place in foodstores, community health centers,farmers markets, low-income housingsites, and libraries.

Husky Smart Shopping FY 2018

Community Nutrition EducatorCatalina Quesada, MPH, RDN cquesada@uchc.edu

In FY 2018, Husky Smart Shopping: 

"[It] was a day where we truly learned how to feedourselves healthily and without spending a lot ofmoney. For me it was a great help, as a Latina Ilike eating rich [food] but not healthy. Now I amconscious of what I should and should not eat." -Program Participant

Provided programs in 23 CT towns

Husky Nutrition

Reached over 2,000 participants

Delivered 184 sessions at 51 sites