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The impact of a culinary coaching telemedicine program on home cooking and emotional well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This randomized clinical trial published in 2021 assessed the effect of culinary interventions on home cooking practices, coping strategies, and resiliency during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in March/April 2020. The participants, aged 25-70 years with a BMI of 27.5–35, were either assigned to the intervention or control group. The intervention consisted of 12 weekly one-on-one remote culinary coaching sessions each lasting 30 minutes. More of the intervention group were found to use self-care as a coping strategy than the control group. Moreover, the individuals that took part in the cooking sessions showed greater resiliency than those that did not, although the differences were not found to be statistically significant. During the pandemic, these subjects in the intervention group utilized their home cooking skills such as meal planning and time-saving techniques. To summarize these findings, remote culinary coaching may be effective in teaching home cooking skills and promoting the use of self-care as a coping strategy during stressful periods, including the COVID-19 pandemic. [NPID: COVID, pandemic, mental health, stress, cooking, coaching, culinary, self-care, meal planning, meal plans]
Year: 2021
