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Impact Report
| For plan | KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (McKinley County Nutrition Plan of Work ) |
| Date | October 15, 2007, 8:57 pm |
| For Objective | Long-term Show long-term objectives |
| Impact Report | Native Livestyles members in Tohatchi learn about “Kitchen Creations”. Effie Barney stated that members need to learn how to prepare food, traditional and other without the use added fat. Deep frying is one habit that will take long to kick, so teaching people to use Olive and Vegetable Oil is one way of introducing them to changes. Most of the recipes in the New Mexico Recipes Cookbook use very little or no oil in their preparation of traditional dishes. 17 Native Livestyles members enjoyed learning new methods of preparing foods, serving sizes, using the 50/50 Method and tasting the food prepared at the sessions. All members completed the 4 sessions and received their certificates in March of 2007. Pat Sheley of Indian Health Services indicated that “Kitchen Creations” with it’s hands-on activities is the best way to teach rural people the correct way to prepare, season, and consume food that that healthy. This new diabetes diagnosed group will continue to meet once a month to monitor and report changes. There is talk about "Kitchen Creations" being a requirement of newly diagonesed people with diabetes. |