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Nourishing Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing in a Community Teaching Kitchen to Promote Healthy Eating via a Food Is Medicine Intervention
Temelkova, S.; Lofton, S.; Lo, E.; Wise, J.; McDonald, E.K., IV. Nourishing Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing in a Community Teaching Kitchen to Promote Healthy Eating via a Food as Medicine Intervention. Nutrients2024, 16, 960.
Temelkova, S.; Lofton, S.; Lo, E.; Wise, J.; McDonald, E.K., IV. Nourishing Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing in a Community Teaching Kitchen to Promote Healthy Eating via a Food as Medicine Intervention. Nutrients 2024, 16, 960.
Temelkova, S.; Lofton, S.; Lo, E.; Wise, J.; McDonald, E.K., IV. Nourishing Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing in a Community Teaching Kitchen to Promote Healthy Eating via a Food as Medicine Intervention. Nutrients2024, 16, 960.
Temelkova, S.; Lofton, S.; Lo, E.; Wise, J.; McDonald, E.K., IV. Nourishing Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing in a Community Teaching Kitchen to Promote Healthy Eating via a Food as Medicine Intervention. Nutrients 2024, 16, 960.
Abstract
It is well known that dietary choices impact both individual and global health. However, there are numerous challenges at the personal and systemic level to fostering sustainable healthy eating patterns. These barriers have emphasized the need for innovative approaches within minority communities, particularly those facing food insecurity, to help translate dietary recommenda-tions into practice. Food as Medicine is an approach that recognizes the potential to alleviate the burden of chronic diseases through a healthy diet that is customized to meet the needs of the indi-vidual. Key to implementing this approach are teaching kitchens, which offer an interactive envi-ronment for learning nutrition and cooking skills. Their curriculums are often rooted in Food as Medicine as well as Culinary Medicine, a similar approach. We have found that motivational in-terviewing (MI) techniques, which are primarily used to facilitate behavior change, are well-suited for implementing and maintaining dietary modification. In this commentary, we show how this has been done in a community-based teaching kitchen to empower individuals to make informed and sustainable dietary choices. In demonstrating the application of MI principles in this setting, we hope to offer an inclusive and sustainable way to help address the urgent need for healthier eating and its role in building healthier communities.
Medicine and Pharmacology, Dietetics and Nutrition
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