It's a Family Affair

It’s a Family Affair: Improving dietary habits and cooking strategies in the South Asian community

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This study was funded by Sun-Life Financial and investigated the impact of a school-based cooking workshop on improving cooking and dietary strategies of South Asian children and their parents. We recruited 80 pairs of South Asian elementary school-aged children and their parents (total n=160) to participate in a cooking workshop that started with a nutrition education component followed by a “hands-on” cooking demonstration. The nutrition education taught three key strategies: using healthy cooking techniques, practicing portion control, and making health substitutions. The cooking demonstration invited child-parent teams to apply these strategies when cooking "Much better butter chicken."

It's a Family Affair

Publication: Tang TS, Gill S, Basra I. An Active Learning Model for Promoting Healthy Cooking and Dietary Strategies Among South Asian Children: A Proof-of-Concept Study. Nutrients. 2025; 17(3):541. doi:10.3390/nu17030541
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