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Evaluation of a cooking skills programme in parents of young children – a longitudinal study
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Garcia, Ada L. Vargas, Elisa Lam, Po S. Shennan, David B. Smith, Fiona Parrett, Alison |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Objective: To evaluate longitudinally the effectiveness of a cooking programme on self-reported confidence about cooking skills and food consumption patterns in parents of young children.Design: An evaluation of cooking programmes delivered by National Health Service (NHS) community food workers using a single group pre-test/post-test repeated measures design. A shortened version of a validated questionnaire at baseline, post intervention and 1-year follow-up determined confidence in cooking using basic ingredients, following a simple recipe, tasting new foods, preparing and cooking new foods on consumption of ready meals, vegetables and fruit.Setting: Deprived communities in Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland.Subjects: Parents of nursery age children, 97 % were female and <45 years old.Results: One hundred and two participants had completed baseline and post-intervention questionnaires. Forty-four participants contacted by telephone completed a follow-up questionnaire. In participants who completed all questionnaires (n 44), median confidence in four aspects of cooking increased significantly from baseline to post intervention (P < 0·001) but was retained at 1-year follow-up only for following a simple recipe and preparing and cooking new foods. Improved food consumption patterns were reported from baseline to post intervention (ready-meal consumption reduced from 2-4 times/week to 1 time/week, P < 0·001; vegetable consumption increased from 5–6 times/week to 1 time/d, P < 0·001; fruit consumption increased from 5–6 times/week to 1 time/d, P < 0·001) and remained at 1-year follow-up.Conclusions: The cooking programmes appeared to improve cooking confidence and food consumption patterns in the target group and some of these changes were retained after 1 year. |
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| Ending Page | 1021 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| Starting Page | 1013 |
| ISSN | 13689800 |
| e-ISSN | 14752727 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1368980013000165 |
| Journal | Public Health Nutrition |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Volume Number | 17 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 2013-11-19 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Public Health Nutrition up Cooking Confidence Food Knowledge Healthy Eating |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Nutrition and Dietetics Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
