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Fresh Start: Providing the Community with Healthy Alternatives and Nutrition Education. Madeline Mills NFSC 341: Foodservice Equipment and Production Systems Spring 2014. Outputs (Process). Inputs. Outcomes (Impacts). Background. Activities Related to Research Kitchen Planning
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Fresh Start: Providing the Community with Healthy Alternatives and Nutrition Education Madeline Mills NFSC 341: Foodservice Equipment and Production Systems Spring 2014
Outputs (Process) Inputs Outcomes (Impacts) Background Activities Related to Research • Kitchen Planning • Meal Planning (recipe standardization) for family friendly meals • Recruitment/Marketing – Facebook, flyers, website development • Taking Bus from Kitchen to S&S food • Pamphlets for food recipes learned in class Who we Reach: • Low Socio- economic status families • Over weight families • At least 100 people try food given • At least 50 take survey of relevance Investments (Including materials, labor, and knowledge) • CNAP staff • Federal Dollars • Included in SOW • Infrastructure • Kitchen Lab • S&S Food • Community Volunteers • Food Donation • Money Donation • Equipment • Cooking Equipment • Food for recipes • Training • Cooking Training for employees Short term goals • Decreased fast food consumption • Practice Mindful Eating • Increase home cooked meals Medium Term Goals • Learn more recipes that are healthy • Pick healthier alternatives • Decrease fast food preference • Decrease mortality risk Long Term Goals • Keeping up healthy lifestyle through child’s life • Decrease negative food habits Problem • Low-income women tend to be less educated and heavier • Fast Food Consumption is associated with higher body mass index in low-income families Variables • Independent • Gender • Socio-economic Status • Dependent • Food Preferences (cooking v. fast food) • Mindful Eating • Healthy Food Habits Epidemic obesity in the United States: are fast foods and television viewing contributing? R W Jeffery and S A French American Journal of Public Health199888:2, 277-280 http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.88.2.277 Johnson-Down, Louise Johnson-Down, Jennifer O'Loughlin, Kristine G. Koski, and Katherine Gray-Donald. "Journal of Nutrition.“http://jn.nutrition.org/content/127/12/2310.full#ref-12High Prevalence of Obesity in Low Income and Multiethnic Schoolchildren: A Diet and Physical Activity Assessment. N.p., 1 Dec. 1997. Web. 30 Apr. 2014.