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Impact Report
| For plan | KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (Cibola County) |
| Date | November 1, 2010, 8:45 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | The Home Economist organized the Kitchen Creations Diabetic Cooking Schools. 39 diabetics, family members, and other interested individuals gained skills in reading nutrition facts labels, adjusting portion sizes, and planning and preparing meals lower in sodium, fat, and carbohydrates. A Certified Diabetic Educator co-taught each class. The Home Economist and Certified Dietecian taught participants about safe food handling and portion sizes. The Licesed Diabetic Educator taught participants about using the 50/50 plate method and counting carbohydrates. At the end of the four weeks 90% of the participants said they use the 50/50 method to control the amount of carbohydrates they eat and use the Diabetes Food Guide Pyramid to plan a day’s meal. 100% of participants stated Kitchen Creations has helped them manage their diabetes. Participant’s left each class with completed evaluation sheets stateing how wonderful the class was and how much they had learned plus the need for additional classess,plus a smile, a heart warmed thanks to the licenced dietecian and the home economist. A class reunion asked for by the participants scheduled for November 17,2010 for check in's and progress. |