Success StoryCooking Demonstrations Help Families Improve Diet Quality



Cooking Demonstrations Help Families Improve Diet Quality

Author: Velma Mullins

Planning Unit: Laurel County CES

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

Our mission is to make a difference in lives of Kentucky families through research based education.Families are learning to make changes that show improvements and new healthy lifestyle behaviors. The Laurel County Extension nutrition education assistants partnered with the First Methodist church to provide nutrition and cooking demonstrations to Laurel County residents to improve their cooking skills and have healthy lifestyles.  Twenty one participants attended programs and they learned correct measuring, food safety, meal planning, reading labels and other topics to increase the quality of their lives.

The United States Department of Agriculture advises that people consume no more than 2300 milligrams of sodium daily for adults fourteen and older.  Adults with hypertension should consume no more than 1500 milligrams each day.  A salt free seasoning recipe was one of the demonstrations and was made by all participants and one reported he put the seasoning on everything and had reduced his blood pressure.  In 2017, participants in the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program showed a hundred per cent positive change in one or more food groups.  






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