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Impact Report

For plan KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (Sandoval County)
Date October 14, 2007, 10:04 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report Home Economist offered one diabetes Kitchen Creations class. This class was taught in conjunction with a dietitian. Participants learned how to balance their meals using the 50/50 plate. All participants valued the class. By the end of the forth week session fifty percent of the participants had changed their meal choices, by eating more balanced nutrious meals. The class was such a huge success that the health commons coordinator wrote a grant to obtain funding for two more diabetes Kitchen Creation classes. Since there was a need to serve the Spanish speaking clientele one of the classes was offered in Spanish. This has been a very successful coloboration between the Sandoval CES and the Sandoval Health Commons to provide crucial information on diabetes that benefits all who attend. Preventing food-borne illness is any issue that all individuals are aware of. Home Economist was asked to provide a Food Safety class to the clientele at the battered women's shelter on a rotating basis. Shelter coordinator and Home Economist felt that these classes were pertinet as clientele are required to take turns cooking meals for each other. Issues that were highlighted were how to prevent cross contamination, cooking foods to proper temperature, storing foods at proper temperatures, shelf life of food products, and proper hand sanitation. Home Economist provides a program on a rotating basis to battered women's shelter clientele. The program focuses on providing clientele with information on quick and easy nutritious meals that are cost effective. During the class clientele are asked to participate in a hands on meal prepartaion. Clientele are amazed at how fast the meal preparation is as well as the cost effectiveness. Clientele are encouraged to try new food items when shopping for groceries. Clientele are also encouraged to allowing their children to participate in all aspects of the meal planning, meal preparation, and the challenge to try new foods. Home Economist oversees the ICAN nutrition program. Sandoval County currently has two ICAN nutrition educators. The educators provide a series of classes to both youth and adults. Participants that attend the series of classes have gained the knowledge that will help them make wise choices in the foods they purchase, how to plan their meals, how to read labels, try new foods, and improve their overall nutritional habits. ICAN Educator Helen Martinez was conducting one such class at a local daycare. The class lesson was on fruits and vegetables. ICAN educator brought several different fruits (mangoes, kiwi, and cantaloupe) for the children to try. One girl was not interested in trying the mango, however the other children encouraged her to try it. Upon trying the mango the girl said "Man ...that's good." By experiencing a food she had never had before the girl gained knowledge of a nutritious fruit that she ended up enjoying.