Impact of a Teaching Kitchen Curriculum for Health Professional Trainees in Nutrition Knowledge, Confidence, and Skills to Advance Obesity Prevention and Management in Clinical Practice

Christine K. Thang; Alma D. Guerrero; Cambria L. Garell; Janet K. Leader; Erica Lee; Kevin Ziehl; Catherine L. Carpenter; Shanika Boyce; Wendelin Slusser

doi:10.3390/nu15194240

Nutrients (Sep 2023)

Impact of a Teaching Kitchen Curriculum for Health Professional Trainees in Nutrition Knowledge, Confidence, and Skills to Advance Obesity Prevention and Management in Clinical Practice

Christine K. Thang,
Alma D. Guerrero,
Cambria L. Garell,
Janet K. Leader,
Erica Lee,
Kevin Ziehl,
Catherine L. Carpenter,
Shanika Boyce,
Wendelin Slusser

Affiliations

Christine K. Thang: Department of Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Alma D. Guerrero: Department of Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Cambria L. Garell: Department of Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Janet K. Leader: Department of Community Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Erica Lee: Department of Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Kevin Ziehl: Department of Biostatistics, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Catherine L. Carpenter: UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Shanika Boyce: Department of Pediatrics, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Wendelin Slusser: Department of Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15194240
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 19
p. 4240

Abstract

Read online

Nutrition knowledge, confidence, and skills are thought to be important elements in the role of healthcare professionals in obesity prevention and management. The Upstream Obesity Solutions curriculum goes upstream with a multidisciplinary approach to supplement nutrition education among health professional trainees. Educational strategies of didactics, teaching kitchens, and service-based learning were employed for medical, dental, and nursing students and resident physicians. Pre/post participation surveys assessed knowledge, attitude, and practices; lifestyle habits; and culinary skills among 75 trainees in this cross-sectional descriptive study. There was variability in statistically significant improvement in knowledge, attitudes, and practices about obesity management and nutrition education, lifestyle habits, and culinary skills among learner groups.

Published in Nutrients

ISSN: 2072-6643 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Home economics: Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients

About the journal

Abstract

Keywords