Taking a Look at Cooking Matters

The “Cooking Matter” program will be responsible for three interventions to help alleviate child hunger by recruiting college student participants. (See appendix J for group work VII on intervention development). The first intervention was “Read It before You Eat It!” this intervention will demonstrate the correct way to read nutrition and food labels. Each participant will examine the actual food packaging labels of different food items such as whole wheat pasta, regular pasta, bread, cheese, and

For such a long time, hunger still remains a complicated issue in America. Unlike other countries, hunger in America is not just getting enough food, but rather getting the right food and making the right choices. This project is a perfect example of how difficult it is to create a balance and nutritional meal on a tight budget. For starter, individuals who are under this program might have to sacrifice for some of the less nutritional food if they want to stay under the budget, which might results in some long term effects on the individual’s health. Instead of being able to purchase fresh fruits and leaner cuts of meat every day, I was forced to purchase cheap products that are nowhere close to today’s nutritional standards. Now, it wouldn’t

Number 12 on a list of things people regretted the most during old age is wishing they had taken better care of their bodies (Hudson). As a community, finding ways to increase children’s interest in their health is our obligation. One Step at a Time integrates fun into making healthy snacks by filling the tops of tables in the lunchroom with fruits, veggies, and whole grains once a month. One Step encourages the kids to experiment and find different recipes they enjoy. After the children have tested and approved of many different meals, snacks, and even smoothies, volunteers for One Step will create a cookbook filled with loads of recipes. One Step and its attendees will sell copies of the cookbook and any funds will go directly towards funding the exciting, educational

Denny’s can impact childhood hunger in the US by working closely with food banks across the nation, creating food pantries, and creating community gardens in low income areas. Food banks collects food from many different sources and it also distributes its resources. Furthermore, creating a food pantry in high schools that are in low income areas can help families. Students who attend these high schools will also be from families who struggle with obtaining food. Moreover, students can come to the pantry and get some food for their families. In addition, a high school is a central location for numerous families. High schools Students can volunteer in expanding the food pantry, who will also work closely with the city’s food banks.

Attempting to urge student involvement and the rising costs of providing meals is a constant issue with the companies which provides meals for the schools. In the meantime, the issue remains how to increase the nutritional values of the food provided and assisting the companies that provide the food to do so and to maintain a stable program and its honesty, especially in making sure that children who are not eligible do not receive these reduced cost or free meals (Ralston, Newman, Clauson, Guthrie, & Buzby, 2008, p. iii).

Facilitated activities for the California Department of Health Services, Prevention and Nutrition Section: Champions for Change. As a community leader, I was in charge of delivering Champion for Change nutrition education information. I participated in several events such as the Fruits and Veggie Fest and grocery store demos. During both events, I was able to reach out to both English and Spanish speaking community members and share Champion for Change recipes and promote the consumption of fruits and vegetables and a healthier lifestyle. I interacted with kids by playing nutrition related games and shared with parents tips and information packets from the Champions for Change material.

For example, I drove around the neighborhood previously looking for healthy food choices at an affordable price. However, I found that around the clinic, there were not many healthy food options in walking distance. For example, Hillen Grocery store, a convenient store that sells snack options is located eleven minutes walking distance from the clinic. Giant food market, which serves more healthier options at a high price range, is located eighteen minutes walking distance from the clinic. Because of this reason, I provided patients at the clinic with alternatives to remedy the problem. Besides teaching them how to replace meals, I also gave them information about virtual supermarkets provided through the program Healthy Baltimore

In last week’s activity, we had to put ourselves in the shoes of a parent with a nine year old child, who relies on food stamps in order to eat every week. We had forty two dollars to spend on groceries from the food stamps and had to make it last a week. Our strategy consisted of picking the cheapest types of food we could find that had a lot of servings, while also making sure the nutrition was somewhat sufficient to keep us healthy. We used Walmart to shop for groceries since it had the cheapest prices compared to local grocery stores like Publix. Planning out the meals, we realized that living on only forty two dollars a week for food really limited the variety of our diet. We realized that having a child to support with this low variety

In 2014, I proposed a cooking class in partnership with Penn Charter and the St. James School, a nearby middle school that educates underprivileged students in a rigorous, nurturing environment. I designed the program to address food access and nutrition. After fundraising and friendraising, it was successfully

In a small town in Massachusetts, one chef makes a difference in the health of the school lunch students eat each day. Chef Paul is the head of her school's lunch program. She makes healthy, fresh food every day and the students

There were neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia where residents couldn’t easily buy healthy foods like fruits and vegetables. And science shows us that people who live in these underserved neighborhoods are more at risk for serious diet-related diseases like obesity(Food Trust website). They began with one farmers market at Tasker Homes, a public housing development in South Philadelphia. Once a week, with the help of the Tasker Homes Tenant Council, they set up one long table overflowing with produce. It happened to be the only source of fresh fruits and vegetables in the community. The Food Trust works with neighborhoods, schools, grocers, farmers and policymakers in Philadelphia and across the country to change how we all think about healthy food and to increase its availability. The Food Trust efforts with its partners resulted in the creation of the Fresh Food Financing Initiative. It was the nations first statewide financing program to increase supermarket development in underserved areas. The Food Trust is a nonprofit organization that continues to ensure that all children who live in communities have access to safe, healthy and affordable food. Their key goal of this project is to stimulate the development of supermarkets in lower-income neighborhoods.

Across the nation, students attending K-12 schools have extremely poor options when the bell rings for lunch hour. School lunches served in the cafeteria are not only commonly unhealthy and lacking nutritional value, but outright unappetizing. While the "empty calories" served contribute to the growing rate of obesity in America, poor nutrition also has a significant impact on student concentration and performance in school. According to the County of Los Angeles' Public Health Department, nearly 20% of children in grades 5, 7, and 9 are obese, and approximately 21% of adults are obese within the San Fernando Valley. For these reasons, I am proposing a program to offer a small farmer's market once a week at Verdugo Hills High School (a medium sized public high school located in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles) during lunch hour, selling both affordable and healthy food options.

This reflection paper focuses on my experience at Just-Harvest (Action Against Hunger)'s 21ST annual Empty Blows Dinner event. This event occurred in North Oakland. I attended the 4:30-6:30pm session on March 20th. The event represented potters, both professional and non, chefs and cooks, restaurants, bread makers, a temple youth group, volunteers, walk-in communities' members, communities’ leaders and more.

I was the volunteer coordinator for a student service organization (SNAC) during my undergraduate work. SNAC’s goal was to improve the health of disadvantaged students through nutrition education and interventions. We provided food assistance, taught healthy cooking classes, and linked students to other assistance services as needed. I quickly recognized a relationship between nutrition, socioeconomic status, and health, which opened the door to my interests in public health. I saw the opportunity to help individuals by improving the wellness of their community.

Administration and student council, do you think that children up to college students know how to cook something other than ramen noodles and box mac and cheese? (T1: Rhetorical Question) According to Huffington Post, (2011) (S1:Parenthesis) 28% of Americans did not know how to cook. ‘51% said they had a spouse or partner who does most of the cooking. The other major excuses were “not having enough time” 21% and “not wanting to clean up afterwards” 25%. Many also indicated that the time it takes to go grocery shopping is a major impediment’ (Satran). To put it simply, too many Americans (T2: Synecdoche) just don’t know how to cook. Since our diets consist of highly processed foods that sadly have contributed to a health crisis, more than