IFAS Extension
Release Date: 6/8/2025
Family and Consumer Sciences
Abstract
A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet. Published by Nutrition and Food Systems
About this Publication
This document is FCS8840, one of a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 2007. Revised February 2018 and May 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
Authors
Linda Bobroff
professor emeritus, UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences
Marcia Brown
project manager, Rural Veteran Program, UF/IFAS Department of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences, Gainesville, FL
LaToya O'Neal
Specialist
University of Florida
state program leader, health and wellness Extension; and associate professor, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences