Success StoryFloyd County Super Star Chefs' Gain New Knowledge in Nutrition and Culinary



Floyd County Super Star Chefs' Gain New Knowledge in Nutrition and Culinary

Author: Andrea Slone

Planning Unit: Floyd County CES

Major Program: Youth Fruit & Vegetable Access

Plan of Work: Youth Health and Family Consumer Science Skills

Outcome: Initial Outcome

According to the Center for Disease Control, in 2016, Kentucky’s adolescent obesity ratings were at 18 percent, 44.6 percent reported consumer less than one fruit daily, and 42.7 percent reported consuming less than one vegetable a day.

In efforts to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in Floyd County, the Floyd County Family & Consumer Science Agent collaborated with Floyd County Youth & Development, and University of Kentucky SNAP-ed program in the Super Star Chef program during August 2018.  This was a 3 day program that consisted of knife skills, nutrition education, and physical activity hosted at the Floyd County Extension Office.

A total of 12 adolescents attended the 3 day program. Surveys from the program indicated that 100 percent of the participants were able to identify all five food groups in MyPlate, dice fruits and vegetables safely, wash hands properly, correctly read a nutrition label, and to proper technics of safely handling food. After the program, parents stated that their child was more involved with cooking at home and gained more independence from this program.






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