Extension

Dawn Earnesty

Educator

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Office: 989-758-2514
1 Tuscola, Suite 100A
Saginaw, MI 48609
Michigan State University Extension

Roles:

• Chronic Disease

  Family, Aging, Chronic Disease, Diabetes

• Improving Nutrition and Physical Activity

  Food & Health, Nutrition, Physical Activity, Weight Management

Bio:

Dawn Earnesty is an extension educator with Michigan State University Extension who works in the area of health and nutrition. Dawn has been with Extension for almost 9 years and provides statewide support for nutrition and physical activity policy, system and environmental nutrition education with child care providers and worksites. Dawn currently serves as a principal investigator on two research studies working on improving the nutrition and physical activity environments of in-home child care providers. Dawn is a registered dietitian and has a Masters of Science from Eastern Illinois University and a Bachelor of Science from Mcihgian State University in dietetics. Dawn is also in her third year as a PhD student at Michigan State in the Food Science and Human Nutrition department.

Articles:

• The prevention of cardiovascular disease with nutrition and physical activity

  May 22, 2018 | Reducing saturated fat, trans fat and sodium with the addition of physical activity are among the recommendations of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

• Reading and understanding the Nutrition Facts Label for health

  April 16, 2018 | A Nutrition Food Label can be a quick tool for making informed food choices that can contribute to a healthy diet.

• Get the most out of pumpkins by adding them to your diet

  September 15, 2017 | Easy ways to add in fall flavor by using pumpkin in your recipes.

• Oodles of vegetable noodles

  September 15, 2017 | Vegetable noodles are a fun way to include more vegetables in your diet.

• Cutting back on sugary yogurts in child care

  July 24, 2017 | New CACFP yogurt guidelines will reduce how much sugar kids eat per day and encourage healthy eating habits.

• Limiting juice in child care programs

  July 17, 2017 | The revised CACFP meal patterns limit the amount of juice that can be served to a child in one day at child care centers.

• Child and Adult Care Food Program cereal reimbursement revisions

  July 10, 2017 | CACFP meal patterns have been revised by the USDA and will go into effect on October 1, 2017. There have been substantial changes to the breakfast cereals that are reimbursable.

• Child and Adult Food Care Program no longer allows grain-based desserts

  June 15, 2017 | CACFP meal patterns have been revised by the USDA and will go into effect on October 1, 2017. One significant change is the elimination of grain-based desserts from reimbursable foods.

• Added vegetables that please picky eaters

  February 7, 2017 | Creative ways to sneak vegetables into your child’s meals.

• How child care facilities can promote intake

  February 2, 2017 | Tips to help child care providers increase the amount of water consumed in young children.