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Teaching Kitchens and Culinary Gardens as Integral Components of Healthcare Facilities Providing Whole Person Care: A Commentary

Child and adult obesity continue to be major health concerns in the United States and can contribute to the development of chronic diseases. Culinary medicine, which incorporates teaching kitchens and gardens, may be a useful strategy for preventing and/or treating obesity-related disease by providi...

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Autores principales: Fals, Angela M., Brennan, Andrea M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10574558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37836446
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15194162
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description Child and adult obesity continue to be major health concerns in the United States and can contribute to the development of chronic diseases. Culinary medicine, which incorporates teaching kitchens and gardens, may be a useful strategy for preventing and/or treating obesity-related disease by providing the knowledge and skills that encourage consumption of whole plant-based foods prepared at home. Though emerging research describes the benefits of culinary medicine-based programming, examples of teaching kitchens and culinary gardens being integrated into current clinical practice is minimal. Here, we describe the development of innovative, community-centered culinary medicine programming borne from interdisciplinary collaboration at a leading healthcare system. Preliminary outcomes suggest improvements in anthropometrics, cardiometabolic risk factors, and participation in healthy lifestyle behaviors in pediatric weight management patients, as well as improved confidence, knowledge, and likelihood to prepare whole food, plant-based meals in healthcare employees following participation in culinary medicine workshops. Hospitals and culinary medicine partners can support each other through shared knowledge, vision, and resources to provide value-based care to patients in the community. Collaboration among gardeners, chefs, architects, educators, and healthcare professionals can transfer traditional physician-driven care to patients, empowering them with the tools, resources, and confidence to improve health and wellbeing.
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spelling pubmed-105745582023-10-14 Teaching Kitchens and Culinary Gardens as Integral Components of Healthcare Facilities Providing Whole Person Care: A Commentary Fals, Angela M. Brennan, Andrea M. Nutrients Commentary Child and adult obesity continue to be major health concerns in the United States and can contribute to the development of chronic diseases. Culinary medicine, which incorporates teaching kitchens and gardens, may be a useful strategy for preventing and/or treating obesity-related disease by providing the knowledge and skills that encourage consumption of whole plant-based foods prepared at home. Though emerging research describes the benefits of culinary medicine-based programming, examples of teaching kitchens and culinary gardens being integrated into current clinical practice is minimal. Here, we describe the development of innovative, community-centered culinary medicine programming borne from interdisciplinary collaboration at a leading healthcare system. Preliminary outcomes suggest improvements in anthropometrics, cardiometabolic risk factors, and participation in healthy lifestyle behaviors in pediatric weight management patients, as well as improved confidence, knowledge, and likelihood to prepare whole food, plant-based meals in healthcare employees following participation in culinary medicine workshops. Hospitals and culinary medicine partners can support each other through shared knowledge, vision, and resources to provide value-based care to patients in the community. Collaboration among gardeners, chefs, architects, educators, and healthcare professionals can transfer traditional physician-driven care to patients, empowering them with the tools, resources, and confidence to improve health and wellbeing. MDPI 2023-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10574558/ /pubmed/37836446 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15194162 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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