Earn .5 CE Hour
Session summary: A teaching kitchen, focusing on culinary nutrition is one approach to improving quality of life through informed health literacy, create increased healthy life expectancies and reduce health care costs. This is a tangible learning environment where participants of all ages are given education in basic cooking techniques, self-care topics, proper nutrition, physical activity and motivational interviewing. A teaching kitchen program accessible for youth and adult populations; provides the outlet for persons to improve, delay and prevent diet-related diseases.
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Speaker(s):
Mercedes Harris, PharmD, MPH
Founder & Pharmacist
Five Loaves & Two Fish Healthy Teaching Kitchen
Orlando, Florida, United States
Philborne Barnum, Chef
Culinary & Nutrition Director
Five Loaves & Two Fish Healthy Teaching Kitchen
Orlando, Florida, United States
Slides
Session summary: A teaching kitchen, focusing on culinary nutrition is one approach to improving quality of life through informed health literacy, create increased healthy life expectancies and reduce health care costs. This is a tangible learning environment where participants of all ages are given education in basic cooking techniques, self-care topics, proper nutrition, physical activity and motivational interviewing. A teaching kitchen program accessible for youth and adult populations; provides the outlet for persons to improve, delay and prevent diet-related diseases.
Learning Objectives:
- After attending this session, attendees will be able to apply culinary and nutrition education into a health care delivery system.
- After attending this session, attendees will be able to use culinary strategies with market bought items to create cost-friendly, balanced nutritious meals.
- After attending this session, attendees will be able to see how culinary nutrition can improve chronic disease rates and associated outcome measures.
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