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Cooking and nutrition course for a healthy pregnancy

We are researching how classes on healthy eating and cooking in pregnancy can improve your knowledge and habits.

Brigham and Women's Hospital Women's Health Pregnancy and Nutrition
6 sessions over 9 months
Estimated Time Commitment
Female, 18-44 years
May Be Eligible
Meals
May Be Offered
Survey
May Be Required
 
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This project is not recruiting.

Overview

What we are studying

We are studying how teaching kitchens can help put nutritional guidelines for pregnancy into practice. We know that teaching kitchens have shown to be effective in chronic disease management and prevention of obesity in children, but no programs focus specifically on pregnant women.  Given women’s busy lives, economic limitations, food source available and discomfort with food preparation it can be hard to implement the nutrition recommendations into cooking and eating habits. We want to know how a hands on approach can help women meet their nutritional goals and increase cooking confidence.


Why it is important

 Nutrition in pregnancy can affect pregnancy outcomes like weight gain, blood sugar and the size of your baby. We want to help you gain the skills and confidence to make healthy and delicious choices for you and your baby during and after pregnancy. 


What we hope to accomplish

We hope to increase your confidence and knowledge about healthy cooking and eating habits in 6 sessions over 12 months. After completing a pre-course survey to learn about  your food allergies, restrictions, and preferences you will attend five 90-minute group teaching sessions during the second and third trimesters of your pregnancy and one session in the 6-10 weeks post-partum time (the period after giving birth). Each session will include a discussion about nutrition goals in pregnancy led by our own nutrition and pregnancy expert, followed by a cooking demonstration by our chef from America's test kitchen. There will be time to eat together and ask the obstetrician, nutritionist, and chef questions.

Principal Investigator

Susan Hellerstein, MD

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Public Profile

Who can participate

Women in prenatal care outpatient programs currently in their first or early second trimesters.

What you may be asked to do

You will be asked to fill out a 15-minute survey before your first class and again after completion of the course, as well as attend and participate in the six teaching and cooking sessions.


Project activities may include:

  • Survey

Estimated Time Commitment

6 sessions over 9 months

What You May Get

Participants will recieve a meal, take-home food items, and 2-hour parking vouchers at each session. 

Location

Cafe in the Hale Building for Transformative Medicine
60 Fenwood Rd

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Travel

  • Parking reimbursed
  • Accessible by public transportation

Travel and Parking Details

We will validate your parking if you use the self service garage at 45 Francis Street.


Entering Garage: Please take a ticket (white) and have this with you to process your PAYMENT prior to retrieving your car.


Exiting Garage: We will supply a 2-hour parking validation ticket (blue) for you.You will need both white and blue tickets to process at the self-pay machine* located on the Ground Level by Garage Elevators.


    - White ticket goes in first, then the blue.


    - Another ticket will be issued by the self-pay machine which will then be used to insert at the attendant's booth.


 

Additional Information

Participating Institutions


Funding Source

  • Department
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