2.82. Food Sensations® Effectively Using Food Literacy to Improve Nutrition
Food literacy programs aim to improve planning, selection, preparation and eating of healthy foods. Governments are investing in these programs to improve nutrition at a population level. One such program is Food Sensations® for Adults (FSA), a free four-week nutrition and cooking program funded...
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| author | Ingram, Nicole Butcher, Lucy Bobongie, Vanessa Begley, Andrea |
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| description | Food literacy programs aim to improve planning, selection, preparation and eating of healthy
foods. Governments are investing in these programs to improve nutrition at a population level. One
such program is Food Sensations® for Adults (FSA), a free four-week nutrition and cooking program
funded by the Western Australian Department of Health, targeting low- to middle-income adults. A
validated food literacy behaviours checklist was developed to assess how effective FSA is in
changing food literacy and selected dietary behaviours. Evaluation of participant outcomes
attending 223 FSA programs run between May 2016 and June 2018 was conducted via voluntary preand
post-program questionnaires (n = 1092). Statistical analysis identified a significant increase (p <
0.0001) in post-program scores for healthier food selection (25.1%), preparation (11.8%) and planning
and management of meals (9.7%). Self-reported fast food meal intake and sugar sweetened drinks
consumption significantly decreased post-program (p < 0.0001). There was also a significant increase
in self-reported fruit and vegetable serve intake, equating to an average increase of ¼ serve/day of
fruit and ½ serve/day of vegetables. FSA is effective in improving food literacy and dietary
behaviours. Results indicate the potential benefits that investment in this type of program could
bring to improve population health. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-794592021-01-08T07:54:27Z 2.82. Food Sensations® Effectively Using Food Literacy to Improve Nutrition Ingram, Nicole Butcher, Lucy Bobongie, Vanessa Begley, Andrea Luliano, Sandra Pursey, Kirrilly Haslam, Rebecca Coates, Alison Food literacy programs aim to improve planning, selection, preparation and eating of healthy foods. Governments are investing in these programs to improve nutrition at a population level. One such program is Food Sensations® for Adults (FSA), a free four-week nutrition and cooking program funded by the Western Australian Department of Health, targeting low- to middle-income adults. A validated food literacy behaviours checklist was developed to assess how effective FSA is in changing food literacy and selected dietary behaviours. Evaluation of participant outcomes attending 223 FSA programs run between May 2016 and June 2018 was conducted via voluntary preand post-program questionnaires (n = 1092). Statistical analysis identified a significant increase (p < 0.0001) in post-program scores for healthier food selection (25.1%), preparation (11.8%) and planning and management of meals (9.7%). Self-reported fast food meal intake and sugar sweetened drinks consumption significantly decreased post-program (p < 0.0001). There was also a significant increase in self-reported fruit and vegetable serve intake, equating to an average increase of ¼ serve/day of fruit and ½ serve/day of vegetables. FSA is effective in improving food literacy and dietary behaviours. Results indicate the potential benefits that investment in this type of program could bring to improve population health. 2020 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79459 10.3390/proceedings2020043002 English http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Ingram, Nicole Butcher, Lucy Bobongie, Vanessa Begley, Andrea 2.82. Food Sensations® Effectively Using Food Literacy to Improve Nutrition |
| title | 2.82. Food Sensations® Effectively Using Food Literacy to Improve Nutrition |
| title_full | 2.82. Food Sensations® Effectively Using Food Literacy to Improve Nutrition |
| title_fullStr | 2.82. Food Sensations® Effectively Using Food Literacy to Improve Nutrition |
| title_full_unstemmed | 2.82. Food Sensations® Effectively Using Food Literacy to Improve Nutrition |
| title_short | 2.82. Food Sensations® Effectively Using Food Literacy to Improve Nutrition |
| title_sort | 2.82. food sensations® effectively using food literacy to improve nutrition |
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