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Impact Report

For plan KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (Luna County)
Date October 29, 2010, 5:28 pm
For Objective Medium-term Show medium-term objectives
Impact Report A Kitchen Creations class series was offered in Columbus for Spanish speaking participants only. 14 attended classes 1&2. 5 of the participants were promatoras from Palomas,Mexico. 9 of the participants returned to classes 3&4. All participants said this was the only education they have received for diabetes nutrition. The promatoras from Palomas felt better educated to help their clients make healthier food choices. 80% of the participants said they now use the food guide pyramid to plan their daily meals, 80% use the 50/50 method for carbohydrate control and 90% said they read food labels to find amount of carbohydrates in a serving. The ICAN participant numbers grew in Luna county. The Nutrition Educator chose to change to a 40 Hour work week.Her dedication to the program caused a jump in youth participation from 1100 total for the previous year to 1300 youth participants in just the first half of 2010. Cooking with Kids was taught in 3 of the elementary schools 4th grade classes. We partnered with the school district by using their grant money for fresh fruits and vegetables. Students were introduced to a variety of produce that would otherwise been unavailable to them. Students at one of the classes never heard asparagus before.Through this program the teacher reported that many of the kids came back saying they told their parents to buy asparagus. Youth are responding to the nutrition program.A mother recognized the nutrition educator at the store and said that her son told her not to buy the frozen french fries-she should buy the raw potato and bake it for dinner. A student knocked at the educator's door around 6:30 AM one morning. She decided to do her science project about what she had learned through her ICAN classes and wanted to make sure all of her information was correct.We are presently in the process of hiring a replacement and hope to continue to expand the program within the county.