Trial reportPublic health nutrition2021
Effect of culinary education curriculum on Mediterranean diet adherence and food cost savings in families: a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in Public health nutrition, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03443635 (Cooking for Health Optimization With Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 42 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Italian clinical practice GRADE-based guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of overweight and obesity, endorsed by the Italian National Institute of Health.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Guideline
- Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of the Mediterranean Diet: An Update of a Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Meta-analysis and machine learning-augmented mixed effects cohort analysis of improved diets among 5847 medical trainees, providers and patients.Public health nutrition · 2022Pooled it
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- Evaluation of the effectiveness of nutrition education program in promoting healthy dietary habits in Memphis, Tennessee: a quasi-experimental pilot study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Breaking Bread, Breaking Barriers: Qualitative Insights into Support and Challenges in Culinary Medicine and Medical Nutrition Therapy Delivery for Diabetes Management.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2026Article
- Culinary Medicine Interventions Among Racial and Ethnic Minority and Underrepresented Populations: A Systematic Review.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2026Review
- Design, Implementation, and Feasibility of a Community Co-Led Culinary Medicine Shared Medical Appointment Model.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2026Article
- Improvement in Adherence to Mediterranean Diet, Cooking and Food Skills Among University Students Attending a "Teaching Kitchen" Project: Results from the S.A.P.O.R.E. Initiative.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Impact of Mediterranean diet-based nutritional intervention on gluten-free diet, nutritional status, and quality of life in a pediatric celiac population: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Pediatric Culinary Medicine: Current Status, Challenges and Opportunities.Current gastroenterology reports · 2025Review
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- Peer-led plant-based cooking workshops for post-cancer patients: an observational pilot study on dietary practices.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Observational
- Food is medicine for pregnant women: A missed opportunity in maternal and child health.Pregnancy (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- A Culinary-Based Intensive Lifestyle Program for Patients with Obesity: The Teaching Kitchen Collaborative Curriculum (TKCC) Pilot Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Enhancing Adolescent Food Literacy Through Mediterranean Diet Principles: From Evidence to Practice.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Socio-Demographic Determinants of Mediterranean Diet Adherence: Results of the EU-National Health Interview Survey (EHIS-3).Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveDiet-related diseases are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the USA. While the critical aspects of a healthy diet are well known, the relationship between community-based, teaching kitchen education and dietary behaviours is unclear. We examined the effect of a novel culinary medicine education programme on Mediterranean diet adherence and food cost savings.
designFamilies were randomised to a hands-on, teaching kitchen culinary education class (n = 18) or non-kitchen-based dietary counselling (n = 23) for 6 weeks. The primary outcome was adherence to the validated nine-point Mediterranean diet score, and the secondary outcome was food cost savings per family.
settingThe Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine, a community teaching kitchen in New Orleans.
participantsFamilies (n = 41) of at least one child and one parent.
resultsCompared with families receiving traditional dietary counselling, those participating in hands-on, kitchen-based nutrition education were nearly three times as likely to follow a Mediterranean dietary pattern (OR 2·93, 95% CI 1·73, 4·95; P < 0·001), experiencing a 0·43-point increase in Mediterranean diet adherence after 6 weeks (B = 0·43; P < 0·001). Kitchen-based nutrition education projects to save families $US 21·70 per week compared with standard dietary counselling by increasing the likelihood of consuming home-prepared v. commercially-prepared meals (OR 1·56, 95% CI 1·08, 2·25; P = 0·018).
conclusionsCommunity-based culinary medicine education improves Mediterranean diet adherence and associates with food cost savings among a diverse sample of families. Hands-on culinary medicine education may be a novel evidence-based tool to teach healthful dietary habits and prevent chronic disease.
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