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Impact Report

For plan KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (Doņa Ana County)
Date October 14, 2007, 7:44 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report Kitchen Creations Diabetes Cooking Schools: Two Kitchen Creations Diabetes Cooking Schools in Spanish were provided to the residents of northern and southern Dona Ana County. Our first class series was held in Radium Springs at the Community Resource Center from 10:00 - 2:00 p.m. on four consecutive Saturdays beginning Jamuary 27, 2007. A van of clients from the Ben Archer Health Clinic in Hatch came each week for the classes. Fifteen individuals were present for instruction on the Diabetes Food Guide Pyramid, balancing their meals with low and high carbohydrate foods, and the inportance of identifying serving sizes and number of servings. The evaluations were very positive and one of our male diabetics lost 7 pounds since he started the class. One of the comments read, "I liked using Native New Mexican recipes during our cooking lab." The second Kitchen Creations Cooking School was taught at the Saint Anthony's Catholic Church fellowship hall in Anthony, New Mexico. This is the first Kitchen Creations class series offered in the Anthony area that has been well attended. We had previously used the home economics labs at the Gadsden High School located outside the city limits. This taught us that the location is very important. We put flyer advertising the class in the church bulletin as well as other community b uildings. The priest visited our class twice and was very appreciative of NMSU's educational services in Anthony. We had 26 participants with 5 males and 20 females. At the end of each session, class members were asked to set a goal for the following week. The evaluation sheets were positive and all of them wanted more Kitchen Creations classes in Anthony. The test tubes showing the amount of fat in commonly consumed food made a great impact on the class. Several participants said that they would reduce the number of times they bought fast foods that were high in saturated fat.