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Impact Report

For plan KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (Bernalillo County)
Date October 28, 2009, 7:43 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report Kitchen Creations, a 4 session hands on Cooking School for Diabetics and their families was offered 5 times in Bernalillo County during the 2008-09 year. The class is in high demand and generated over 300 phone calls after a short write up was in the Albuquerque Journal in January. A total of 67 people in the county completed the Kitchen Creation program. A modified version of the diabetes education class was brought to 17 developmentally delayed individuals during the months of June/July. A modified version of the Kitchen Creation class was also shared with a group of 11 seniors from Santa Domingo Pueblo. In January a class was planned for the African/American community in Albuquerque but enough people did not sign up to make the class. For the first time in many years a Saturday class was offered in Albuquerque to accommodate those who could not attend week day classes. In addition to the cookbooks and participant workbooks provided from the NMSU Kitchen Creations project, home economist presents numerous handouts and cooking tips are shared with class participants. Participants are able to put into practice the lessons taught by a registered dietician and county home economist by preparing recipes and sampling the dishes. The objectives of the cooking school are to increase participants’ understanding of the effects foods have on raising and lowering blood sugar, increase their ability to prepare healthful, flavorful foods along with trying new recipes, cooking techniques and ingredients. An overwhelming majority of the participants have reported that the knowledge gained during this program has helped them to make better food choices at home and while eating out for them and their families; practice healthier cooking methods and use healthier ingredients; reading and understanding food labels; have better meal planning skills for people with diabetes; and practicing the 50/50 plate method.