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A Home Economics instructor giving a demonstration, Seattle, 1953 A training class 1985 at Wittgenstein Reifenstein schools. Home economics, also called domestic science or family and consumer sciences (often shortened to FCS or FACS), [1] is a subject concerning human development, personal and family finances, consumer issues, housing and interior design, nutrition and food preparation, as ...
The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live is a 2021 nonfiction book by journalist Danielle Dreilinger. The book explores how different areas of skills, knowledge, and investigation were brought together under the umbrella of " home economics ", and how the field's focus ...
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Getting an appropriate amount of sleep each night is a form of self-care. Chronic illness (a health condition that is persistent and long lasting, often impacts one's whole life, e.g., heart failure, diabetes, high blood pressure) requires behaviors that control the illness, decrease symptoms, and improve survival such as medication adherence and symptom monitoring.
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The U.S. is being roiled by the debate over how long to keep stay-at-home orders -- commonly known as lockdowns -- in place. Epidemiological experts tend to believe that ...
Marye Dahnke (August 1897 – February 1980) was an American home economist who worked for the Kraft Foods corporation, being one of the first women to work in the food industry in that role. [ 1 ] A Southerner, Dahnke was born to George and Eleanora (Hoffman) Dahnke in Union City, Tennessee , located in Obion County .
Bureau of Home Economics poster promoting the fight against food waste in the home during World War II. The Bureau of Home Economics, later known as the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, was a division of the US Department of Agriculture that supported homemaker activities in the early 20th century.