Fresh Start: Providing the Community with Healthy Alternatives and Nutrition Education

Madeline Mills NFSC 341: Foodservice Equipment and Production Systems

Spring 2014

Background

Problem • Low-income women tend

to be less educated and heavier

• Fast Food Consumption is associated with higher body mass index in low-income families

Variables • Independent

– Gender– Socio-economic

Status • Dependent

– Food Preferences (cooking v. fast food)

– Mindful Eating – Healthy Food

Habits

Inputs Outputs (Process) Outcomes (Impacts)

Investments (Including materials, labor, and knowledge)• CNAP staff

– Federal Dollars – Included in SOW

• Infrastructure – Kitchen Lab – S&S Food

• Community Volunteers – Food Donation– Money Donation

• Equipment – Cooking

Equipment– Food for recipes

• Training– Cooking Training

for employees

Activities Related to Research • Kitchen Planning • Meal Planning (recipe

standardization) for family friendly meals

• Recruitment/Marketing – Facebook, flyers, website development

• Taking Bus from Kitchen to S&S food

• Pamphlets for food recipes learned in class

Who we Reach: • Low Socio- economic

status families • Over weight families • At least 100 people try

food given • At least 50 take survey of

relevance

Short term goals• Decreased fast food

consumption• Practice Mindful Eating• Increase home cooked

meals Medium Term Goals • Learn more recipes that

are healthy • Pick healthier

alternatives • Decrease fast food

preference• Decrease mortality risk Long Term Goals • Keeping up healthy

lifestyle through child’s life

• Decrease negative food habits

Epidemic obesity in the United States: are fast foods and television viewing contributing?R W Jeffery and S A FrenchAmerican Journal of Public Health199888:2, 277-280http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.88.2.277

Johnson-Down, Louise Johnson-Down, Jennifer O'Loughlin, Kristine G. Koski, and Katherine Gray-Donald. "Journal of Nutrition.“http://jn.nutrition.org/content/127/12/2310.full#ref-12 High Prevalence of Obesity in Low Income and Multiethnic Schoolchildren: A Diet and Physical Activity Assessment. N.p., 1 Dec. 1997. Web. 30 Apr. 2014.