Improving the Quality of Foods Available in a Rural Kibbutz Cafeteria in Israel to Align with a Freshly Prepared Mediterranean-style Diet Through a Community Culinary Coaching Programme

Overview

Journal Public Health Nutr

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Date 2019 Jul 23

PMID 31327325

Citations 5

Authors

Rani Polak

David Pober

Elliot M Berry

Tehila Mazal

Rakefet Arieli

Mati Ziv

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Abstract

Objective: To examine the impact of a community culinary coaching programme (CCCP) on cafeteria food alignment with a freshly prepared Mediterranean-style diet, and diners' consumption habits and satisfaction.

Design: A non-randomized, controlled, community-based participatory research programme. CCCP included eight 90 min coaching sessions with a community steering committee, 22 h of kitchen staff training, 12 h of pre-school staff training and 30 h of education for diners; control communities received no intervention. Outcomes, measured before and 12 months after programme initiation, included cafeteria food alignment with a freshly prepared Mediterranean-style diet through a food items list derived from the cafeteria food purchasing software, and adult diners' consumption habits and satisfaction through questionnaires.

Setting: Communal cafeterias of rural kibbutzim.

Participants: Intervention: kibbutz with 493 adults and 214 children. Control: Two kibbutzim with a total of 487 adults and 206 children.

Results: Intervention cafeteria food improved significantly in all Mediterranean index categories except nuts (legumes, wholegrain products, fish, MUFA/SFA P < 0·0001; fruits, vegetables P < 0·001; processed meats P = 0·004), and in the proportion of ultra-processed and unprocessed or minimally processed foods categories of the NOVA classification (-22 %, P < 0·001 and +7 %, P < 0·001, respectively), compared with the control community. The intervention group's satisfaction was significantly improved in twenty-five (83 %) out of the thirty satisfaction items, compared with twelve (40 %) in the control group. No changes were identified in diners' consumption habits in either intervention or control communities.

Conclusions: CCCP might be useful in improving alignment of cafeteria food with a freshly prepared Mediterranean-style diet.

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