Author: Heather Cheek
Major Program: Cook Together, Eat Together
Eating more fruits and vegetables is a critical behavior for health promotion and disease prevention. Despite the importance of eating more produce, it is also one of the most difficult eating behaviors to change. It has been reported that cooking more meals at home is related to increased fruit and vegetable consumption.A program to promote more health, home-cooked family meals, Cook Together, Eat Together, was offered at the Mason County Cooperative Extension Office with 5 adults and 9 youth p
Author: Christy Stearns
Eating more fruits and vegetables is a critical behavior for health promotion and disease prevention. Despite the importance of eating more produce, it is also one of the most difficult eating behaviors to change. It has been reported that cooking more meals at home is related to increased fruit and vegetable consumption.A social marketing program to promote healthy, home-cooked family meals, Cook Together, Eat Together, was offered virtually by the Clinton County Cooperative Extension Serv
Author: Cecelia Hostilo
Trigg County is a rural county in Western Kentucky that has its share of health related issues. Statistics from Kentucky Kids Count from 2015-17 and 2016-18 report 38% of Trigg Countians lack physical activity, 77% are overweight, and 38% suffer from obesity. Only 7% of the population get the recommended intake of fruits and vegetables. Kentucky By the Numbers data shows that 28% of Trigg Countians report less than good health. Since it is a commonly held belief that good
Author: Denise Wooley
Eating more fruits and vegetables is a critical behavior for health promotion and disease prevention. Despite the importance of eating more produce, it is also one of the most difficult eating behaviors to change. It has been reported that cooking more meals at home is related to increased fruit and vegetable consumption. A social marketing program to promote healthy, home-cooked family meals, Cook Together, Eat Together, was offered virtually by the Graves County Cooperative Extension
Author: Shannon Smith
The Bracken County Family and Consumer Science program offered a 6 session program, Cook Together, Eat Together to help families focus on preparing simple and economical meals together while increasing fruit and vegetable consumption. According to the 2018 State Indicator Report by the Center for Disease Control, fruit and vegetable consumption is essential for children in preventing chronic disease. Eating more fruits and vegetables isn’t nearly as challenging as fight
Author: Peggy Jones
Learning to eat Healthier is now being recognized more so than ever before. Establishing good food preparations, cooking skills and eating together as a family unit is becoming one of today’s norm. Today youth are becoming better educate in the classroom, with social media, during local gatherings and at home, and better eating habits are being developed. Eating more fruits and vegetables and less carbs and protein is a critical behavior for health promotion and disease preventi
Author: Amanda Broderick
During the Spring of 2020 the program Cook Together Eat Together was offered in three separate sessions by the Lewis County FCS Program. The FCS agent led lessons from this program and taught youth cooking skills while also providing education and assistance to participating adults. These three sessions covered very different aspects of cooking and focused on Breakfast, Snacks, and Soups. Children were able to learn many practical cooking skills including how to safely use knives, how to crack a
Author: Hazel Jackson
During the Spring and Fall of 2019, 3 seperate sessions of Cook Together / Eat Together was offered by the Rockcastle County FCS program. The FCS agent lead the food preparation sessions and taught the basic skills to the youth in the program. Each session of the program had 6 dinner socials. A total of 22 youth, (accompanied by 16 adults) participated in the programs. 21 of the youth earned their cookbooks by attending at least 3 of the 6 sessions o
Author: Chandra DeRamus
Organization: CommunicareTime Frame: July 2019-September 2019For most families cooking is a luxury that some feel that they do not have the time or the money to afford. The convenience of fast food restaurants has caused families in Kentucky to eat out more on the go. According to the Healthy Lifestyles Coalition study conducted in 2017 in Hardin County, two-thirds (75%) of Hardin County adults were either overweight(28%) or obese (47%) by Body Mass Index (BMI). This puts them at ris
Author: Andrea Slone
According to the 2018 State Indicator Report by the Center for Disease Control, fruit and vegetable consumption is essential for children in preventing chronic diseases. While this is an essential part of the diet, behavior change is a new challenge within itself. The United States Department of Agriculture states consuming meals away from home is linked to poor nutritional quality and overweight and obesity. Cook Together, Eat Together focuses on families with children cooking meals together at
