Success StoryHealthy Fun Foods
Healthy Fun Foods
Author: Rebecca Stahler
Planning Unit: Boyd County CES
Major Program: 4-H Health Core Curriculum
Plan of Work: Healthy Familiy (Community) through Healthy Individuals
Outcome: Initial Outcome
According to the 2020 Kids Counts data for Kentucky 38% of teens (ages 10-17) are overweight or obese. Being overweight or obese can compromise a child’s overall health and wellbeing even as adults. This percentage has increased since the last report. Therefore, health and nutrition continue to be a focus for the Boyd County 4-H program.
Ashland Middle School completed its third consecutive year of health and nutrition 4-H programming in spring 2020. All 239 students completed six cooking and nutrition lessons.
Each lesson was composed of a recipe that was prepared, the nutritional information for that recipe, kitchen safety, and general nutrition facts.
The pre and post survey revealed the following:
90% felt that healthy recipe versions were fun and tasted good
86% learned how to wash dishes properly
25% experienced cooking with a stove for the first time
60% learned knife safety for the first time
100% made a recipe they had never made before
87% learned a healthy substitute for two or more ingredients of common recipes
The students enjoyed the 4-H Health and Cooking club so much; they requested an afterschool cooking club that finished its first year at Ashland Middle School.
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