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Examination of an Online Cooking Education Program to Improve Shopping Skills, Attitudes toward Cooking, and Cooking Confidence among WIC Participants

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The present study examined if adapting the Cooking Matters (CM) curriculum to be used in an online format would improve participants’ shopping skills, attitudes toward cooking, and feelings of cooking confidence, similar to the traditionally offered method, which is conducted in person. Results from factor analyses indicated that the online CM program demonstrated construct and content reliability compared to in-person (Cronbach’s α ≥ 0.70). Repeated-measures ANOVA revealed a decrease in shopping skills overall (F = 5.91; p ≤ 0.05), consistent across age groups (F = 3.2; p ≤ 0.05) and food security status (F = 7.48; p < 0.01), with larger impacts on the food insecure (FI). Positive cooking attitudes increased with income (F = 2.86; p ≤ 0.05), especially among the <$20,000 and $30–39,000 income brackets. Cooking confidence increased post-intervention (F = 27.2, p < 0.001), with an interaction effect for food security status (F = 7.45; p ≤ 0.01), with greater improvement for households with food insecurity. These findings provide evidence to program and policymakers that virtual nutrition and cooking education services for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) should continue to be supported beyond the pandemic as they reduce barriers to receiving program benefits, nutrition education, and may lead to reductions in household food insecurity.
Title: Examination of an Online Cooking Education Program to Improve Shopping Skills, Attitudes toward Cooking, and Cooking Confidence among WIC Participants
Description:
The present study examined if adapting the Cooking Matters (CM) curriculum to be used in an online format would improve participants’ shopping skills, attitudes toward cooking, and feelings of cooking confidence, similar to the traditionally offered method, which is conducted in person.
Results from factor analyses indicated that the online CM program demonstrated construct and content reliability compared to in-person (Cronbach’s α ≥ 0.
70).
Repeated-measures ANOVA revealed a decrease in shopping skills overall (F = 5.
91; p ≤ 0.
05), consistent across age groups (F = 3.
2; p ≤ 0.
05) and food security status (F = 7.
48; p < 0.
01), with larger impacts on the food insecure (FI).
Positive cooking attitudes increased with income (F = 2.
86; p ≤ 0.
05), especially among the <$20,000 and $30–39,000 income brackets.
Cooking confidence increased post-intervention (F = 27.
2, p < 0.
001), with an interaction effect for food security status (F = 7.
45; p ≤ 0.
01), with greater improvement for households with food insecurity.
These findings provide evidence to program and policymakers that virtual nutrition and cooking education services for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) should continue to be supported beyond the pandemic as they reduce barriers to receiving program benefits, nutrition education, and may lead to reductions in household food insecurity.

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