Transcript Yes to Squash on MyPlate!

Yes to Squash on MyPlate!
Elena Hollander, Community Nutrition Manager
Alex Navarro, Nutrition Educator
Welcome!
Training Objectives
1. Understand why nutrition education is important
2. Learn how the SHFB community nutrition education
program works
3. Share practical nutrition education lessons and tips
Why is Nutrition Ed
Important?
Why is Nutrition Ed
Important?
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Reducing food insecurity
Improving health
Best serving clients
Ultimately helping break the cycle of poverty, health, and
food insecurity
Hunger and Food Insecurity
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Hunger — “The uneasy or painful sensation caused by a
lack of food. The recurrent and involuntary lack of access
to food. Hunger may produce malnutrition over time....
Hunger ... is a potential, although not necessary,
consequence of food insecurity.”
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Food insecurity — “Limited or uncertain availability of
nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or
uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially
acceptable ways.”
Nutrition Ed Improves
Health
• 63% of client households report a family member
with high blood pressure
• 33% of client households report someone in the
household with diabetes
• 55% of adults in Santa Clara and 77% in San Mateo
are overweight or obese
• Clients are at greater risk for poor health have
fewer resources to manage illness and access
healthcare
Nutrition Ed Improves
Health
Excess Calories
High Sodium
High Saturated Fat
Added Sugar
Increased
Diabetes Risk
Poor Growth and Body
Function
Increased
Obesity Risk
Increased Risk of Heart
Disease
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Nutrition Ed Best Serves
Client Needs
• Low literacy in nutrition
– 43% of those in poverty are below 5th grade level.
– Most materials are written at the 9-12th grade
reading level.
• Health literacy, cooking knowledge for unfamiliar
ingredients
• May have limited resources to cook
Nutrition Ed Best Serves
Client Needs
Break the Vicious Cycle!
Less likely to have a regular
doctor or health insurance
Poverty
Limited access to
healthy, fresh, affordable
food
Limited nutrition
knowledge and literacy
More likely to suffer
from a chronic illness
Health
Learning deficiencies
Food
Insecurity
More likely to have chronic dietrelated diseases such as obesity and
diabetes
Questions about Nutrition
Ed Importance?
Nutrition Dept. Overview
Elena Hollander
Community Nutrition
Manager
Alex Navarro
San Mateo County
Nutrition Ed
Coordinator
Luiza Naslausky
Santa Clara County
Nutrition Ed
Coordinator
Nutrition Dept. Objectives
• Help inform a healthy menu
• Improve nutrition knowledge and healthy eating
behavior among clients in Santa Clara and San
Mateo Counties
• Ensure food safety
Nutrition Dept. Offerings
Improve nutrition knowledge and healthy eating
• Answer questions/provide TA
• Provide free nutrition resources
• NUT Center (Bing and Curtner)
• Website
(https://www.shfb.org/nutritionresources)
• Upon Request
• Do 1-time workshops upon request
Nutrition Dept. Offerings
Ensure Food Safety
• Answer questions/provide TA
• Provide free nutrition resources
• NUT Center (Bing and Curtner)
• Website
(https://www.shfb.org/nutritionresources)
• Upon Request
• Do 2x/month food safety workshops
Questions about Nutrition
Dept?
Practical Lessons
MyPlate
Sugar
MyPlate Guide
What nutritional recommendations
can you gather from this guide?
 5 food groups: Fruit, Vegetables, Grains, Protein,
and Dairy
 ½ fruits and vegetables
 ¼ protein, ¼ grains
Stick with key messages!
MyPlate Activity: Pair
Share!
Think about what you distribute at your siteHow could your clients build a complete
MyPlate?
• Share thoughts
• Did anyone find this challenging?
Sugar Sweetened Beverages
GUESS THE SUGAR ACTIVITY!
Sugar-sweetened beverages are single largest
source of added sugar in the US diet.
Drink Water!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J4sCFze0gs
Infused Water!
Practical Tips: Ask the
Experts!
What is that?
My kids won’t like it
Follow Us!
• Facebook Page: SHFB-Health Ambassadors
Cooking Matters Workshops
Interested in doing cooking matters?
Who We Are
Want more tips and videos?
http://cookingmatters.org/tips
Contact
Juri Sanchez
10 Reasons Program Manager
[email protected]
Our contact info
Elena Hollander
[email protected]
Alex Navarro
[email protected]
Thank You!