title: Community Interventions to Improve Cooking Skills and Their Effects on Confidence and Eating Behaviour.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Community-based interventions aiming to improve cooking skills are a popular strategy to promote healthy eating. We reviewed current evidence on the effectiveness of these interventions on different confidence aspects and fruit and vegetable intake.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Evaluation of cooking programmes consistently report increased confidence in cooking skills in adults across different age groups and settings. The effectiveness of these programmes on modifying eating behaviour is less consistent, but small increases in self-reported consumption of fruit and vegetables are also described. Lack of large samples, randomization and control groups and long-term evaluation are methodological limitations of the evidence reviewed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cooking skill interventions can have a positive effect on food literacy, particularly in improving confidence on cooking and fruit and vegetable consumption, with vulnerable, low-socieconomic groups gaining more benefits. Consistency across study designs, delivery and evaluation of outcomes both at short and long terms are warranted to draw clearer conclusions on how cooking programmes are contributing to improve diet and health.
authors.affiliation: Human Nutrition, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Room 3.06, Level 3, New Lister Building, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 10-16 Alexandra Parade, G31 2ER Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: Ada L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Eden Care Centre, Carecorp Seniors ServicesVancouver Canada, 01-1525 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6G 2C3 Canada.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reardon
authors.affiliation: Human Nutrition, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Room 3.06, Level 3, New Lister Building, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 10-16 Alexandra Parade, G31 2ER Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.affiliation: Nutritional Epidemiology Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, School of Food Science & Nutrition, LS2 9JT Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Elisa J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Vargas-Garcia
keywords: Confidence; Cooking programmes; Evaluation; Fruit and vegetable; Healthy eating