Success StoryLearning to Eat at Lunchtime



Learning to Eat at Lunchtime

Author: Amber Morris

Planning Unit: Fayette County CES

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

OWL (Opportunity for Work and Learning) INC. is a local business that offers job training and placement to individuals with various obstacles to self-sufficiency. In the summer of 2018 the Fayette County Nutrition Education Program and OWL INC. partnered to provide a series of classes focusing on low budget, nutrient dense dishes from the Healthy Choices for Everybody curriculum during the participants lunch break. While many participants reported that they never ate vegetables they always tried the new food and took the recipe, often astonished to like a food with “so much healthy stuff” in it. Through the repeated exposure to these foods and new ideas to healthfully update old recipes, nearly all of the class (83%) improved their diet quality according to data from a national diet analysis program. 50% of students increased their fruit consumption, 67% increased their consumption of orange and red vegetables and 50% increased the amount of dark leafy greens they ate each week.






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