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  2. Rebecca Thomas

Rebecca Thomas


County Extension Coordinator/FACS Agent

Northwest District

Rebecca Thomas
Rebecca Thomas
Areas of expertiseEducationScholarly works

Areas of expertise

Evolutionary BiologyAnthropologyArchaeologyNutrition and Dietetics

Education

Bachelor of Science in Education, Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General

Jacksonville State University, AL, United States (1993)

Scholarly Works

  • CONTRIBUTIONS OF NUTRITION VERSUS HYPOXIA TO GROWTH IN RURAL ANDEAN POPULATIONS, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY, (1990).
    LEONARD WR, LEATHERMAN TL, CAREY JW, THOMAS RB
  • Implementation of the National Diabetes Prevention Program in FCS Extension During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Participant Experiences, Lessons Learned, Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences, (2022).
    Wilson HK, Averill B, Cook G, Campbell CL
  • CLINIC DATA AS A TOOL FOR STUDYING MORBIDITY PATTERNS IN TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES – AN EXAMPLE FROM THE SOUTHERN PERUVIAN HIGHLANDS, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, (1985).
    DUTT JS, THOMAS RB, TUCKER C
  • P167 Feasibility of ASA-24 in Community-Based Settings, Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, (2020).
    Wilson H, Averill B, Cook G, Dallas J, Campbell C … 11 more
  • Military Family Role-Play – Understanding the Military Family Experiences, (2010).
    Gibson S, Mull C, Thomas R, Titus A

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rbt@uga.edu 706-857-0744

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Summerville, GA 30747

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