Culinary medicine: Advancing a framework for healthier eating to improve chronic disease management and prevention

This 2022 study examined the effectiveness of a 7-week cooking program in improving the cooking confidence of healthy Australian adults. Cooking interventions aim to help individuals develop their food literacy skills, and increase preparation of home-cooked meals, potentially having a positive impact on health. Thus, this study also assessed whether the participants’ behaviors surrounding food […]

Improving the general health of people with mental illnesses requires promoting good eating via nutrition education. This study by Vaqué-Crusellas et al. (2024) is to assess how hospitalized individuals with mental disorders (MD) in the acute psychiatric units of two general hospitals in Catalonia, Spain, are feeling and how interested they are in nutrition after […]