Teaching the importance of drinking water

with nutrition classes and low-cost cooking

demo to families in the community.

Maria Rojo
NFSC 431: Foodservice Equipment and Production Systems
Spring 2014
Inputs Background
Problem:
In California, 62% of adolescents
ages 12-17, 41% of children
ages 2-11 and 24% of adults
drink at least one soda or other
sweetened beverage on an
average day.*

There is a strong association
among sugar-sweetened
beverage consumption and
weight gain in children aged 2 to
5 years.**

Variables
Independent:
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Social-economic status
Dependent:
Self-reported sugar-
sweetened beverage
consumption per day
Self-reported water
consumption per day
Ability to cook
Knowledge about nutritious
food choices
Ability to replicate recipes
at home.




Investment (Including materials,
labor, and knowledge):

CSUC faculty and staff
State dollars

CNAP staff
Federal dollars
Bike kitchen

Students
NFSC 431
Student lab fee
State dollars

Community volunteers
Donate food
Donated money
Private dollars

Other Community Organization
Included in SOW
Federal dollars

Infrastructure
Butte County schools
CSUC Food Lab
Farmers Market

Evaluation Tool








Activities related to research:

Cooking demo planning
Create a schedule for set-up events.
Create recipe at low cost/standardization
Create a survey
Providing beverage samples
Providing food bags (fruits/water bottles)
Providing recipe cards
Recruitment:
Create an account on Facebook
Create flyers
CSUC announcements
Local announcements (City Plaza, City
Park, etc.)
Purchasing fruits at the Farmers Market for
cooking demos.

Who we reach:
General audience (children/adults), but
specially to low-income families.
At least 200 participants
100 adults
50 adolescents
50 kids
At least 85% of participants will taste
different drink samples .
At least 80% of participants will answer the
survey questions.
At least 75% of participants will try to
replicate recipes at home.







Short-term Goals:

Participants will decrease consumption
of sugar-sweetened beverages per day
Participants will increase consumption of
water per day
Participant's ability to cook will improve
Participants will increase knowledge
about nutritious food choices
Participant's ability to replicate recipes at
home.

Medium-term Goals
Participants will increase the number of
nutritious drink with no sugar. (ex.
Blueberries Smoothies)
Participants will increase the number of
times to replicate a nutritious recipe at
home.

Long-term Goals
Parents will encourage their kids to drink
water at early age.
Reduce obesity and chronic diseases.














References:
*Babey, et al, Bubbling Over: Soda Consumption and Its Link to Obesity in California. UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. September 2009, 1-8.

** DeBoer, et al, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Weight Gain in 2- to 5-Year-Old Children. Pediatrics.aappublications.org August 5, 2013.

Outputs: (Process) Outcomes: (Impact)
Disagree Somewhat
Agree
Somewhat
Agree
Agree Strongly
Agree
1 2 3 4 5
I drink water every day

I drink soda or other sweetened beverage every day

I cook every day at home
I plan to try making this recipe at home.

During the beverages demo I increase my
knowledge about nutritious food choices
Age ______
Gender ________
Ethnicity Race: Hispanic____ Asian ____ White___ Native American ____ Other____

Would you make any change in your eating habits based on the information you learned today? Yes or No? Why or
Why not?