Impact of Cooking and Home Food Preparation Interventions Among Adults: Outcomes and Implications for Future Programs

• Published in: Journal of nutrition education and behavior Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 259 - 276
• Main Authors: Reicks, Marla, Trofholz, Amanda C., Stang, Jamie S., Laska, Melissa N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2014; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; adults; Aged; attitudes and opinions; Coding; Control Groups; Cooking; Diet; diet outcomes; Feeding Behavior; Female; food intake; food preparation; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Health behavior; Health Education - methods; home food preparation; Humans; Internal Medicine; Intervention; Literature reviews; long term effects; Male; Middle Aged; Nutrition; Obesity; Program Evaluation; randomized clinical trials; Randomized Controlled Trials; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; review; Self Efficacy; food preparation; diet outcomes; cooking; intervention; review

Cooking programs are growing in popularity; however, an extensive review has not examined their overall impact. Therefore, this study reviewed previous research on cooking/home food preparation interventions and diet and health-related outcomes among adults and identified implications for practice a...