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Published on: January 25, 2018
Impacts of a Culinary Nutrition Education Program for Youth on Caregiver-Reported Home Food Environment and Household
Amy Saxe-Custack1, Diana Haggerty1, Sarah Egan1
1Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, Michigan State University-Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative, Flint, MI, USA.
Background:
Impacts of youth-focused culinary nutrition programs on home food environment and food security are not well known.
Objective:
Objectives were: (1) assess the influence of a culinary nutrition program on home food environment and food security; and (2) determine whether program format influenced outcomes.
Methods:
This descriptive study of a longitudinal observational cohort included survey data from caregivers whose children participated in a youth-focused or family-focused culinary nutrition program. To evaluate ordinal outcome changes, means were calculated at baseline and program exit for the entire sample and stratified by program design.
Results:
191 caregivers participated. Caregivers reported improvements in thinking about healthy food choices (P = .03), using "Nutrition Facts" labels (P < .001), and using MyPlate (P < .001) to choose foods. Household food security also improved (P = .03). Differences by program format were observed.
Conclusions:
This study identifies important associations between participation in youth-focused culinary nutrition programs and the home food environment as well as household food security.
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