Virtual Latino/a Culinary & Lifestyle Medicine Sessions

Grantee: Inland Wellness Information Network

Year Funded: 2023

Amount: $27,500.00

Report Status: Report not posted

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Project Summary: Latino/a Culinary and Lifestyle Medicine physicians will introduce an online teaching kitchen curriculum entitled, “Latino/a Conversations: Food, Health and Cultura,” to educate individuals on the importance of healthy, plant-focused nutrition for mitigating cardiometabolic disease and provide practical application into daily food choices and preparation. The goal is to create an online presence by partnering regionally as well as statewide with our current national community-based organizations (VacunateYa, California Medical Association, Physicians for a Healthy California, Latino Health Collaborative, etc.). We hope this will equip individuals to then enthusiastically share this information with their respective communities. We also want to provide the "how to" skills in a teaching kitchen program by creating plant-forward, culturally-appropriate dishes and measure confidence and self-efficacy in adopting this pattern to other common meals participants have in their pattern of eating. A major part of our focus is to instill a sense of empowerment for individuals to take control of their own health trajectories going forward for themselves and their family members. We intend to provide an inclusive activity that teaches, inspires and contributes to achievable and favorable health outcomes in a safe, non judgmental and positive environment.