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Results of a Pilot Intervention in Food Shelves to Improve Healthy Eating and Cooking Skills Among Adults Experiencing Food Insecurity
- Source :
- Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition. 12:77-88
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2016.
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Abstract
- Since the start of the 2007 economic downturn, reliance on emergency food assistance suppliers (e.g., food pantries, also known as food shelves) has increased. Many food shelves strive to provide effective nutrition programs to serve their clients, even while they are faced with a scarcity of resources. Rigorous evaluation of the impact of such programming on dietary outcomes is, therefore, warranted. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a pilot cooking and nutrition education intervention among food shelf clients. A six-session class was conducted with 63 participants in four food shelves in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN. Diet was assessed through a 24-hour recall from which a Healthy Eating Index (HEI) score was created. Cooking skills were assessed by survey. Average HEI scores increased from 50.9 at baseline to 58.5 post-intervention (p = 0.01, n = 43). Participants demonstrated improved cooking skills scores post-intervention (35.9 vs. 33.1 at baseline, p = 0.002, n = 45). Future research is needed to advance our understanding of how best to improve client nutrition knowledge and cooking skills. This study provides some evidence that improvements in diet and skills can be demonstrated with minimal intervention.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Health (social science)
business.industry
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Nutrition Education
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Food assistance
Healthy eating
Article
Food insecurity
Scarcity
03 medical and health sciences
Intervention (counseling)
Environmental health
Medicine
Marketing
business
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19320256 and 19320248
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d78b051cf8bf3ffa180f28d66d662006