{"id":316,"date":"2014-11-19T19:02:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T19:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/sustainability\/?p=316"},"modified":"2014-11-20T12:42:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T12:42:06","slug":"cooking-matters-owus-human-health-kinetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainability.owu.edu\/?p=316","title":{"rendered":"Cooking Matters @ OWU’s Human Health & Kinetics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dr. Chris Fink,<\/strong><\/a> in the Department of Health and Human Kinetics (HHK),<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0heads up the Cooking Matters<\/strong><\/a> program at Ohio Wesleyan.<\/p>\n

A team of OWU students,\u00a0trained as nutrition and\/or culinary educators, teach a course for adults in the city of Delaware who are at risk for food insecurity.<\/strong> The participants enroll in a\u00a06-week course led by the students, highlighting nutritional, budgeting\/shopping, and food preparation tips and tricks: all to help participants find ways to more effectively feed their family healthful meals on a budget.<\/p>\n

Images are from the first Cooking Matters<\/strong> class, held on October 21, 2014.<\/p>\n

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Cooking Matters<\/strong>\u00a0is also a hunger easement<\/strong> program, as participants receive a bag of groceries to re-create each week’s recipes at home, for their families. Inherently, this program addresses food waste<\/strong> as well, with a focus on\u00a0how to re-use ingredients in various meals.<\/p>\n

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Cooking Matters<\/strong> arose out of the Department of Health and Human Kinetics\u00a0relationship with Local Matters<\/strong><\/a> in Columbus, a direct partner of Share Our Strength,<\/strong><\/a> a national non-profit who developed the Cooking Matters curriculum. Ohio Wesleyan\u00a0is now a satellite partner of this program, required\u00a0to report outcomes, participation, etc. back to Share Our Strength.<\/p>\n

As a health promotion program, Cooking Matters<\/strong>\u00a0works perfectly in the HHK\u00a0curriculum, as it allows participation in\u00a0program planning and program delivery, as well as assessment, and to address\u00a0one of the larger health issues in the Delaware community at the same time.<\/p>\n

Contact Dr. Fink in the Department of Health and Human Kinetics<\/strong><\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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