Diabetes Cooking Schools Improve Knowledge and Skills in Making Healthful Food Choices

Authors

Martha Archuleta, Utah State UniversityFollow
Dawn VanLeeuwen, New Mexico State UniversityFollow
Karen Halderson, New Mexico State UniversityFollow
Linda Wells, Texas AgriLife Extension ServiceFollow
Margaret Ann Bock, New Mexico State UniversityFollow

Volume

50

Issue

2

DOI

10.34068/joe.50.02.62

Abstract

Rates of type 2 diabetes are increasing nationally and in New Mexico, particularly in ethnic minorities. A key self-care area with challenging barriers is healthy eating. The New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service conducts diabetes cooking schools statewide together with community health providers. The study reported here determined if this education was effective in people with type 2 diabetes and their family members. Self-report surveys showed that knowledge and behaviors significantly improved (p

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Recommended Citation

Archuleta, M., VanLeeuwen, D., Halderson, K., Wells, L., & Bock, M. A. (2012). Diabetes Cooking Schools Improve Knowledge and Skills in Making Healthful Food Choices. The Journal of Extension, 50(2), Article 62. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.50.02.62