Chae Jung Hee, Ansa Benjamin E, Smith Selina A
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
Institute of Public & Preventive Health, Augusta University, Augusta, GA.
J Ga Public Health Assoc. 2017 Spring;6(4):444-455. doi: 10.21633/jgpha.6.408.
The Eating and Cooking Healthy (TEACH) Kitchen was founded at the Medical College of Georgia in 2015 as a nutrition-based intervention to combat the high prevalence of obesity and obesity-related chronic diseases in the area of Augusta, Georgia. Despite the importance of diet in the management of chronic diseases, inadequate nutrition education among patients and healthcare providers presents a barrier. The purpose of TEACH Kitchen is to address this gap.
TEACH Kitchen is as a student-led initiative that promotes healthy cooking among medical students and patients with chronic diseases. Healthy nutrition and cooking classes are held during the academic year. Participants spend four weeks on each of four modules: obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus. Data collection, which began in January 2017, is currently on going. TEACH Kitchen has collaborated with Augusta University, Sodexo, and Kohl's.
Currently, TEACH Kitchen has enrolled 14 patients and 6 children. Anticipated results include measurements of pre-and post-intervention changes in knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and competence in nutrition, as well as differences in clinical indicators, including body mass index, blood pressure, lipid profile, and HbA1c.
TEACH Kitchen is the first medical school-based nutrition/cooking education initiative in Augusta, Georgia. It provides patients and medical students with hands-on healthy nutrition/cooking experience with the goal of decreasing the prevalence and improving the outcome of obesity-related diseases.
“健康饮食与烹饪”(TEACH)厨房于2015年在佐治亚医学院成立,作为一项基于营养的干预措施,以应对佐治亚州奥古斯塔地区肥胖症及与肥胖相关的慢性病的高发病率。尽管饮食在慢性病管理中很重要,但患者和医疗服务提供者的营养教育不足构成了障碍。TEACH厨房的目的就是解决这一差距。
TEACH厨房是一项由学生主导的倡议,旨在促进医学生和慢性病患者进行健康烹饪。在学年期间会举办健康营养和烹饪课程。参与者在四个模块(肥胖症、高血压、高脂血症和糖尿病)中的每个模块上花费四周时间。数据收集于2017年1月开始,目前仍在进行中。TEACH厨房已与奥古斯塔大学、索迪斯餐饮服务公司和科尔士百货公司合作。
目前,TEACH厨房已招募了14名患者和6名儿童。预期结果包括测量干预前后在营养知识、态度、信念和能力方面的变化,以及临床指标的差异,包括体重指数、血压、血脂谱和糖化血红蛋白。
TEACH厨房是佐治亚州奥古斯塔第一个基于医学院的营养/烹饪教育倡议。它为患者和医学生提供实践健康营养/烹饪的体验,目标是降低肥胖相关疾病的发病率并改善其治疗效果。