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Golden
Keys To Health
 California
Extension nutrition specialists developed a program called “Cooking
for Better Health,” to help low-income Hispanic families
improve dietary and food preparation practices. Program
evaluations indicated that all program participants changed some
of their food preparation behaviors such as less frying of foods,
drinking lower fat milk and buying lower fat foods. Extension Food and Nutrition
Program participants showed the biggest improvements in food behavior in
meal planning, comparing prices, selecting healthy foods, and
reading labels for fat content.
Colorado State Extension
educators conducted a bilingual program called “La Cocina
Saludable” (the Healthy Kitchen) that trained Hispanic
grandmothers as nutrition educators. Follow-up evaluations showed
that 78 percent of program participants made positive nutritional
behavior changes, 70 percent made major changes in eating habits,
71 percent said they ate more nutritiously, and 64 percent
lowered their food budgets. Forty-two graduates in one Colorado
County saved an average of $91 a month on their food bills.
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