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    Elena Serrano, director of the Virginia Cooperative Extension Family Nutrition Program
    COVID expansion of SNAP benefits expires, hunger and food insecurity likely to rise, says family nutrition expert , article

    With the expiration of the pandemic-era enhancement of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), millions of Americans dependent on those benefits will find buying food harder and the poverty rate will rise. Elena Serrano, director of the Virginia Cooperative Extension Family Nutrition Program, explains what the end of the emergency allotments will mean and what can be done to address food insecurity.

    Date: Mar 03, 2023
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    Feline Obesity Study
    Feline Obesity Study , video

    "Fat cats" and their owners participated in a study conducted by veterinarians at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech. Because implementing weight-loss plans can be challenging for cats and pet owners alike, Megan Shepherd, assistant professor of clinical nutrition; Lauren Dodd, clinical nutrition resident; and study sponsor Purina set out to discover how owners' perceptions of their cats' quality of life were influenced by adding food toys to the cats' weight-loss regimen. Learn more about the study and its participants at https://www.vetmed.vt.edu/news/closer-look/2019/fat-cat.asp.

    Date: Apr 17, 2019