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  1. Selecting, Storing, and Serving Ohio Melons

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5523

    identifies a ripe melon. Many people purchase cut melons and judge ripeness from the appearance of the inside ...

  2. Drinking Water Regulations

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aex-423

    regularly serve an average of at least 25 people at least 60 days per year. Public water systems fall into ... three categories: Where people live —community water systems, like municipal systems, rural water ... districts and mobile home parks. Where people work —non-transient, non-community water systems, such as ...

  3. Clostridium perfringens: A Foodborne Illness, Not the 24-Hour Flu

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5568

    Michele Williams, and Jeffery LeJeune Clostridium perfringens is one of the bacteria that make people sick ... by producing a toxin that causes illness. Many times, people confuse this foodborne illness with the ... some people—especially very young or older people. Dehydration can occur with this type of foodborne ...

  4. Diabetes and Your Health

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/SS-166

    University Extension Approximately 29.1 million people (over 9.3 percent of the population) in the U.S. have ... diabetes. Another 86 million people have pre-diabetes, meaning that their blood glucose levels are higher ... than normal. It is estimated that 1 in 10 people will develop diabetes in their lifetime. In 2010, ...

  5. Urban Coyotes: Conflict and Management

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/W-24

    live in close proximity to people without ever being noticed. However, as coyote populations begin to ... thrive in urban areas, so have reports of conflicts with people.  Originally from the open grasslands and ... emerged as top predators in urban environments, so have reports of conflicts with people. Coyote conflicts ...

  6. Promising Practices and Benefits of 4-H Members Saying Thank You

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/4h-0055

    person when you help others or appreciate the positive things in your life. Grateful people tend to have ... genderqueer or nonbinary people; this term is gender neutral Doctor (Dr.) for a medical professional or ... business, or group of people, you should determine who will receive the letter. This might be the chair or ...

  7. Techniques Youth Development Professionals and Key Leaders Can Use to Navigate Difficult Problems

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/4H-32

    investment of time to find solutions to problems. More importantly, the techniques actively engage people in ... finding the solution or solving the problem. The process empowers people to take ownership of a situation ... help people move away from what the problem is, and focus on how to begin solving the issue. For ...

  8. Shigella: Bacteria that Causes the Foodborne Illness Shigellosis

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-5563

    called shigellosis. The illness can be treated and most people get better quickly. One of the symptoms of ... weeks. The bacteria must be swallowed to cause disease. They are often spread when people do not wash ... their hands with soap and warm water after using the toilet or changing a diaper. People who get the ...

  9. Eating Disorders Awareness: Emotional Issues Involved With Eating Disorders

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ED-1005-01-R11

    Personality Characteristics of Individuals With Eating Disorders People with Anorexia Nervosa: Perfectionists ... Socially anxious Fear of spontaneity Reluctant to take risks Practice food rituals People with Bulimia: ... Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) usually precedes the onset of anorexia nervosa. Family Factors Families of People ...

  10. Farmers and West Nile Virus

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/WNV-1001

    to people by the bite of an infected mosquito. The principal transmitter of WNV is the Northern House ... infected with WNV. Once the mosquito is infected, it may transmit the virus to people or other animals when ... from the infection. Horses, too, are prone to severe WNV infection. People cannot get WNV from another ...

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