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Impact Report

For plan KA 703. Nutrition Education and Behavior (Roosevelt County)
Date October 27, 2007, 4:59 pm
For Objective Short-term Show short-term objectives
Impact Report Home Economist in collaboration with Judy Cox, RD and Eastern New Mexico University Family and Consumer Science Department offered the four series Kitchen Creations, A Cooking School for Diabetics, Their Families and Caregivers. Participants entered the classes with a limited knowledge of diabetes and reported leaving with an increased knowledge and understanding of the disease and controlling their blood glucose levels through diet and exercise. This class focused on healthy food choices including balancing low and high carbohydrate foods through methods such as the 50/50 plate and food preparations skills. Participants were given a pedometer at the first class and they reported their steps at the end of the four week period. Many of the participants reported an increase each week in the number of steps taken and were able to see a relationship between exercise and lower blood glucose and an overall feeling of well being. As a follow-up to Kitchen Creations, the Joslin Keep Moving Keep Healthy class was offered on the fifth week for those interested, which was about half of the class, in continuing. At this class the participants were given a video tape and elastic stretch band along with a booklet explaining how important exercise is to the diabetic and their blood glucose levels. They were given tips about how to add exercise into their daily schedules and an awareness of what prevents them from doing this. They were also encouraged to take their blood glucose before and after exercise to understand how it can be lowered by exercise. A follow-up and potluck was held four weeks later. The attendance again decreased however those that attended reported that the video was helpful in increasing their exercise or that they would use it more during the winter months. This group also kept recording daily steps. One participant more than doubled the amount of steps she had been taking before the class. She was able to see the greatest benefit in her blood glucose levels.