Cooking Matters is an evidence-based, direct-education healthy eating and active living curriculum with six core lessons. The curriculum incorporates the main messages of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025, Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans 2nd Edition, and MyPlate.
The Cooking Matters curriculum teaches participants about nutrition and cooking skills through hands-on activities emphasizing the ability needed to make healthy choices. Content areas are making mealtime a positive experience, eating more produce and whole grains, meal planning, shopping on a budget, and reducing sugary drinks. Each lesson includes a recipe preparation sample. The lessons in Cooking Matters are activity-based, ensuring participants have opportunities to practice new skills, increasing the likelihood of positive behavior change.
The program is offered to limited-resource older adults living in/or attending a faith-based organization, food pantry or congregate meal site, intergenerational center, senior center, or veteran's group in Clark County zip codes 89030, 89101, 89102, 89106, 89115. Please get in touch with HealthyAging@info.edu for more information, to schedule a class or a series, or to invite us to a tabling event.
