title: Efficacy of Nutrition Education-Based Cooking Workshops in Community-Dwelling Adults Aged 50 Years and Older.
abstract: Nutrition interventions offer an opportunity to meet the nutritional needs of community-dwelling older adults. This retrospective qualitative observational study aimed to determine if nutrition education-based cooking workshops offered in Southern Quebec helped improve dietary habits and nutrition-related knowledge, autonomy, and confidence among older adults. Participants (n = 144) in an 8-session cooking workshop program completed pre- and post-workshop session questionnaires. Baseline nutritional risk (n = 116) and body mass index (n = 112) were assessed using the Elderly Nutrition Screening Questionnaire. Paired sample t-tests and McNemar analyses were performed to determine changes over time for knowledge, autonomy, confidence and dietary habits, and specific dietary behaviors, respectively. Pearson correlation tests were performed to assess associations between variables. Significant improvements were observed over time in knowledge, confidence, and desired dietary habits but not in autonomy. At the end of the intervention a greater proportion of participants reported always consuming recommended amounts of whole grains, fruits and vegetables, water, and milk or milk alternatives. A significant association was observed between confidence and dietary habits and between knowledge and confidence. Food skills interventions that link nutrition knowledge with cooking competence offer the opportunity to improve dietary habits among community-dwelling older adults.
authors.affiliation: a Dietetics and Human Nutrition Department , McGill University , Montreal , Québec , Canada.
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.affiliation: a Dietetics and Human Nutrition Department , McGill University , Montreal , Québec , Canada.
authors.forename: Hugues
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Plourde
authors.affiliation: b Dietetic Stage Clinical Coordinator (MGH), and Dietetics and Human Nutrition Department , McGill University , Montreal , Québec , Canada.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hendrickson-Nelson
authors.affiliation: c Agente de promotion des Saines Habitudes de Vie , CLSC Saint-Hubert , Saint-Hubert , Québec , Canada.
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D003296:Cooking / Q000379:methods*; D003611:Dairy Products; D004032:Diet; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011792:Quebec; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014675:Vegetables; D000067348:Whole Grains
keywords: autonomy; community-dwelling older adults; confidence; dietary habits; knowledge; nutrition interventions