Take Charge of Your Health!
Nourish Your Health with Illinois Extension
Understanding core health and wellness topics is essential to your family's overall well-being. From food safety to nutrition to chronic disease prevention, Illinois Extension is here to help families across the state—and beyond—live their healthiest, most vibrant lives. Check out the upcoming programs and resources below.
Bring Wellness to Your Group
Bring Wellness to Your Group with expert‑led programs on chronic disease prevention, cooking and culinary skills, food preservation, mindful living, and school or workplace wellness. Food and Nutrition Educator Kristin Bogdonas offers engaging, research‑based sessions on heart health, diabetes management, brain health, arthritis‑friendly cooking, food safety, fermentation, allergy‑friendly eating, gut health, and more. Programs can be tailored for community events, clubs, workplaces, schools, and professional trainings—helping your group build practical skills for healthier living.
Request a Program
Whether you're planning a community event, club meeting, or educational workshop, Kristin offers engaging presentations tailored to your audience.
Program Request Form.
More Nutrition & Wellness Resources
You deserve to live a life of joyful purpose.
Our mental health impacts how we feel, think, and act. When we struggle, it can affect our work productivity, our family relationships, and our confidence to get through the day. Start here to find help for your journey to better.
Feeding my Baby from Cradle to Table
This University of Illinois Extension website provides expert information to put you at ease when feeding your baby.
Tools to Manage Diabetes
You can reduce your risk of diabetes. It is very important for people who have diabetes to make heart-healthy food choices because of their increased risk for cardiovascular complications.
Kristin Bogdonas
