Promoting healthful and diverse eating behaviours through an extracurricular culinary skills intervention in Philadelphia.

ABSTRACT: In the current study we evaluated an afterschool nutrition education programme, called Vetri Cooking Lab (VCL), for promoting healthy and diverse eating habits among at-risk children in the Greater Philadelphia area. To understand potential programme impacts, we conducted a longitudinal analysis of survey data collected before and after participation in VCL. Main study included cooking confidence, cooking knowledge, changes in dietary consumption behaviours, and changes in vegetable preferences. Participants included students in grades 3-11 enrolled in VCL during the 2018-19 school year at VCL sites (n = 60) throughout Philadelphia, PA, and Camden, NJ. Eligible participants completed surveys both before and after participating in the programme. We found that students' confidence and knowle

SUBMITTER: Kearney MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11514635 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature