Nourishing Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing in a Community Teaching Kitchen to Promote Healthy Eating via a Food as Medicine Intervention
It is well known that dietary choices impact both individual and global health. However, there are numerous challenges at the personal and systemic level to fostering sustainable healthy eating patterns. There is a need for innovative ways to navigate these barriers. Food as Medicine (FM) and Culina...
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| author | Sara Temelkova Saria Lofton Elaine Lo Jeannine Wise Edwin K. McDonald |
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| description | It is well known that dietary choices impact both individual and global health. However, there are numerous challenges at the personal and systemic level to fostering sustainable healthy eating patterns. There is a need for innovative ways to navigate these barriers. Food as Medicine (FM) and Culinary Medicine (CM) are approaches to helping individuals achieve healthier diets that also recognize the potential to alleviate the burden of chronic diseases through healthy eating. Teaching kitchens, which offer an interactive environment for learning nutrition and cooking skills, are valuable educational tools for FM and CM interventions. Motivational interviewing (MI), a type of person-centered counseling, facilitates behavior change and may enhance FM and CM programs involving teaching kitchens. In this commentary, we share our experience with using MI in a community-based CM program at a teaching kitchen. In demonstrating our application of MI principles, we hope to offer an additional strategy for improving dietary quality and delivering nutrition education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ecf2aaa7185e45bc9d68dd50ea2444552024-04-12T13:24:13ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432024-03-0116796010.3390/nu16070960Nourishing Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing in a Community Teaching Kitchen to Promote Healthy Eating via a Food as Medicine InterventionSara Temelkova0Saria Lofton1Elaine Lo2Jeannine Wise3Edwin K. McDonald4Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USACollege of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USADepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USAGood Food Catalyst, Chicago, IL 60612, USADepartment of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USAIt is well known that dietary choices impact both individual and global health. However, there are numerous challenges at the personal and systemic level to fostering sustainable healthy eating patterns. There is a need for innovative ways to navigate these barriers. Food as Medicine (FM) and Culinary Medicine (CM) are approaches to helping individuals achieve healthier diets that also recognize the potential to alleviate the burden of chronic diseases through healthy eating. Teaching kitchens, which offer an interactive environment for learning nutrition and cooking skills, are valuable educational tools for FM and CM interventions. Motivational interviewing (MI), a type of person-centered counseling, facilitates behavior change and may enhance FM and CM programs involving teaching kitchens. In this commentary, we share our experience with using MI in a community-based CM program at a teaching kitchen. In demonstrating our application of MI principles, we hope to offer an additional strategy for improving dietary quality and delivering nutrition education.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/7/960Food as MedicineCulinary Medicinemotivational interviewingteaching kitchenfood insecurity |
| spellingShingle | Sara Temelkova Saria Lofton Elaine Lo Jeannine Wise Edwin K. McDonald Nourishing Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing in a Community Teaching Kitchen to Promote Healthy Eating via a Food as Medicine Intervention Nutrients Food as Medicine Culinary Medicine motivational interviewing teaching kitchen food insecurity |
| title | Nourishing Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing in a Community Teaching Kitchen to Promote Healthy Eating via a Food as Medicine Intervention |
| title_full | Nourishing Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing in a Community Teaching Kitchen to Promote Healthy Eating via a Food as Medicine Intervention |
| title_fullStr | Nourishing Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing in a Community Teaching Kitchen to Promote Healthy Eating via a Food as Medicine Intervention |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nourishing Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing in a Community Teaching Kitchen to Promote Healthy Eating via a Food as Medicine Intervention |
| title_short | Nourishing Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing in a Community Teaching Kitchen to Promote Healthy Eating via a Food as Medicine Intervention |
| title_sort | nourishing conversations using motivational interviewing in a community teaching kitchen to promote healthy eating via a food as medicine intervention |
| topic | Food as Medicine Culinary Medicine motivational interviewing teaching kitchen food insecurity |
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