ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2017
Cooking at Home: A Strategy to Comply With U.S. Dietary Guidelines at No Extra Cost.
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Application of Behavioral Theory in Cooking Interventions Targeting Dietary Intake in Adults: A Systematic Review.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2025Pooled it
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- Food is the Best Medicine (FBM): design and baseline findings from a multi-arm randomized controlled trial among food-insecure postpartum mothers in Texas.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Modern Home Cooking Practices, the Role of New Media, and Implications for Culinary Medicine: A Qualitative Study Among Mothers With Low Income.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2026Article
- Impact of a culinary medicine intervention on diet and health metrics in patients with type 2 diabetes and elevated body mass index.PloS one · 2026Article
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- How do adult women's cooking and food preparation skills shape nutrition literacy? A cross-sectional study in Eskişehir, Turkey.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- A qualitative exploration of family experiences with a virtual cooking and nutrition programme.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Trends in Home Cooking among United States Adults from 2003 to 2023: Analysis of American Time Use Survey Food Preparation.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Participant Preferences to Inform the Development of Theory-Driven, Digitally Delivered Cooking Interventions Using the Behavior Change Wheel.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2025Article
- Nutrition Education "Shorts": The Effect of Short-Form Media on Conveying Information About Improving Diet Quality.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Refined carbohydrates and the overfat pandemic: implications for brain health and public health policy.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Greater Frequency of Cooking Dinner at Home and More Time Spent Cooking Are Inversely Associated With Ultra-Processed Food Consumption Among US Adults.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2024Article
- Reduced red and processed meat consumption is associated with lower diet costs in US households: a national analysis of protein substitutions.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
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- Cooking behavior among mothers of children aged 2-5 years old in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Associations Between Household Frequency of Cooking Dinner and Ultraprocessed Food Consumption and Dietary Quality Among US Children and Adolescents.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2024Article
- From plate to planet: culturally responsive culinary practices for health system innovation.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Real-time predictors of food parenting practices and child eating behaviors in racially/ethnically diverse families.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Article
- Diet Quality and Its Association with Lifestyle and Dietary Behaviors among Croatian Students during Two COVID-19 Lockdowns.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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introductionCooking at home is associated with better diet quality. This study examined the frequency of home-cooked dinners versus eating out in relation to the Healthy Eating Index (HEI), and food expenditures.
methodsThe Seattle Obesity Study used a stratified random sample of 437 King County adults. In-person computer-assisted interviews collected sociodemographic and behavioral data during 2011-2013. HEI-2010 and 2005 were computed using Food Frequency Questionnaires. Multivariable regression analyses, conducted in 2015, examined associations among HEI scores, food expenditures, and frequency of cooking at home versus eating out variables.
resultsFrequent home-cooked dinners were associated with being married, unemployed, larger households, presence of children aged <12 years, and lower frequency of eating out, but unrelated to education or income. In adjusted models, frequent at-home cooking was associated with higher HEI-2010 (β=7.4, p<0.001), whereas frequent eating out was associated with lower HEI-2010 (β= -6.6, p<0.001). Frequent home cooking was linked with reduced per capita food expenditures overall ($330/month among low vs $273/month among high cooking group, p<0.001), and reduced away-from-home expenditures ($133 and $65, respectively), without any significant increase in at-home food expenditures. However, frequent eating out was associated with significantly higher per capita food expenditures overall ($261 in low vs $364 among high eating out group, p=0.001), and higher away-from-home expenditures.
conclusionsHome-cooked dinners were associated with greater dietary guideline compliance, without significant increase in food expenditures. By contrast, frequent eating out was associated with higher expenditures and lower compliance. Home cooking may be a component of nutrition resilience.
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