About Us
Smart Eating, Active Living (SEAL) is a nutrition education program for adults and children that are eligible or recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The goal of SEAL is to improve the likelihood that SNAP eligible Texans with lower incomes will make healthy food and lifestyle choices that prevent obesity.
The result of poor eating habits and physical inactivity is taking its toll on Texans, especially those with lower educational attainment and incomes.
OUR WHY
Program Rationale
Approximately 13.6% of Texans live in poverty and the obesity rate is 34.8% compared to the national average obesity rate which is 30.9%
Smart Eating, Active Living
Our SEAL-ution
PVAMU Extension employs nutrition educators across 18 counties in Texas with high obesity rates to provide free education classes.
- Bell: 14.40%
- Bexar: 19.10%
- Cameron: 35.50%
- Dallas: 19.30%
- Falls: 25.90%
- Ft. Bend: 8.90%
- Grimes: 19.90%
- Harris: 18.60%
- Hidalgo: 34.20%
- Maverick: 28.40%
- McLennan: 19.80%
- Nueces: 17.50%
- Potter: 23.40%
- Travis: 18.00%
- Waller: 19.79%
- Washington: 15.10%
- Webb: 31.30%
- Wharton: 17.805%
Eligibility
SEAL is available to residents that are SNAP eligible or recipients of SNAP. To find out if you are eligible for SNAP, click HERE.
It can also include families that participate in or receive any of the following:
- Head Start program
- WIC
- TANF
- SSI
- receives food from a food pantry or soup kitchen.
Curriculum
Eating Smart, Being Active
Evidence based, healthy eating and active living curriculum includes content on physical activity, nutrition, healthy lifestyle choices, food preparation (cooking skill development), food safety, and food resource management in a 9-part lesson series.
Choose Health
Food, fun, and fitness (Healthy Eating and Active Living for 8-12-year olds). Six hands on, interactive lessons with food and games.
Oldways: A Taste of African Heritage
A six-part lesson plan designed to bring the African Heritage Diet Pyramid to life, allowing participants to discover the major foods of the pyramid and to learn how to easily prepare them.
Oldways: A Taste of Latin American Heritage
A six-part lesson plan based on a different plant-based food group in the culinary traditions of the various people and regions of Latin America.
Eat Smart, Live Strong
A 4-part lesson series designed to improve fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity among able-bodied, 60-74-year olds participating in or eligible for SNAP.
Teen Cuisine
A 6-part lesson series designed to teach youth from grades 6 to 12 important life skills to promote optimal health-both in the present and future.
Counties We Serve
Bell, Bexar, Cameron, Cass, Dallas, Falls, Ft. Bend, Grimes, Harris, Hidalgo, Maverick, McLennan, Moore, Nueces, Potter, Travis, Waller, Washington, Webb, and Wharton
Interested?
Contact your local county Extension office to learn if there is program near you.
Questions? Contact us!
phone: 936-261-5176
Meet Our Staff
Disclaimer
This institution is an equal opportunity provider. Read the full non-discrimination statement and learn how to file a complaint here.
This material was funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – SNAP.
