Michèle M M Mazzocco, Sara T Kover
A longitudinal assessment of executive function skills and their association with math performance
Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence
current investigation assessed feasibility acceptability efficacy cooking health cuh culinary medicine elective offered medical students northwestern universitys feinberg school medicine elective included combination didactics plantbased culinary sessions service learning students translated nutrition health connections elementary school children atrisk communities nine medical students enrolled cohort 1 12 cohort 2 students completed assessments course measuring confidence nutrition obesity counseling attitudes toward nutrition counseling personal dietary intake cooking confidence behaviors elective showed high feasibility acceptability strong class attendance 9699 retention 89100 course elective students across cohorts showed increased confidence nutrition obesity counseling ps 0001 cooking abilities ps 001 food preparation practices ps 004 cohort 1 reported decreased meat consumption p 0045 cohort 2 showed increased fruit vegetable intake p 004 finally cohort 2 showed increased knowledge confidence regarding consuming plantbased diet ps 0002 students reported increased appreciation role nutrition health promotion disease prevention intention incorporate nutrition patient care study provided preliminary evidence demonstrating feasibility acceptability efficacy cuh culinary medicine elective increasing medical students confidence nutrition obesity counseling patients ability use nutrition cooking personal selfcare ultimately program research may provide evidence support widespread integration cuh medical education potential prepare medical students properly advise patients nutrition combat rising rates obesity diabetes preventable diseases related nutrition