Your Health Matters: Nutritious Eating attendees will leave with an understanding of why proper nutrition and regular physical activity are important for a healthy life. The training will demonstrate how eating right and exercising regularly helps to reduce a person’s risk for chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Participants will be able to discuss the causes of the growing obesity epidemic in the United States, make healthy food choices and counsel clients about meal planning and food shopping based on the GO-SLOW-WHOA concept. Participants will also gain skills in reading Nutrition Facts Food labels and how to eat healthy on a budget.​