Empowering families to access and prepare meals from food pantries Creation of a cookbook and resource list for the food insecure in North Central Florida Kaley Mialki, MS, RDN, LDN; Joseph Olivera, MS, RDN; Ellen K Bowser, MS, RDN, LDN, RN, FAND Pediatric Pulmonary Center at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Food Insecurity • Food insecurity: lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life • 1 in 8 American households (15.8 million households) were food insecure during some part of 2015 • 7.8% of US households with children (3 million households) were food insecure at times during 2015
Food Insecurity & Obesity • S ome research suggests a relationship between food insecurity and obesity • Cycles of over- and undereating • Lack of access to healthy foods • S tress, anxiety, and depression • Less physical activity • Food marketing • Limited health care access
Purpose • Create resources to help families in North Central Florida gain access to food and empower families to cook this food in a nutritious way.
Catholic Charities • National network of agencies who help the homeless, hungry, sick, and vulnerable in communities, regardless of religious affiliation • S ervices: ▫ Provide disaster relief ▫ S helter ▫ Provide education and training ▫ Build financial security ▫ Assist with adoption
Catholic Charities Gainesville • Founded in 1975 • Provides services for North Central Florida • S ervices: ▫ Emergency food assistance ▫ Weekend hunger backpacks ▫ Rural mobile food distribution ▫ Bridges to prosperity program ▫ Pregnancy counseling ▫ Adoption services ▫ Housing opportunities program
S ample Foods for Families of 3-4 People • 2 lbs pasta • 1 j ar spaghetti sauce • 3 cans vegetables • 1 j ar peanut butter • 1 carton milk • 1 box cereal or oatmeal • 1 cake/ cookie/ pancake/ muffin/ j ello mix • 2 bread • 1 sweet • 1 large frozen meat
Resource List • Comprehensive list of food assistance programs that includes: ▫ Food Pantries ▫ Food Banks ▫ Free Congregate Meals ▫ Meal Delivery S ervices • Provides: ▫ Contact Information ▫ Hours of Operation ▫ Requirements for Participation ▫ S ervices • Multiple outlets for use
Balanced Budget Cookbook • Collection of kid-friendly breakfast, snack, main course and dessert recipes • Highlights foods given by food pantry and WIC- approved foods • Budget saving and nutrition tips included throughout cookbook
Balanced Budget Cookbook Survey 1. What is one recipe that you prepared from this cookbook? 2. How could this recipe be improved? 3. Did you find the budget tips throughout the cookbook helpful? YES NO 4. Did you find the nutrition tips throughout the cookbook helpful? YES NO 5. What can be done to improve this cookbook for you? Thank you for your feedback. Please place your completed survey in a post office box.
Thank you!
References • Understanding the connections: food insecurity and obesity. Food Research & Action Center website. http://frac.org/pdf/frac_brief_understanding_the_connections.pdf. Accessed March 28, 2017. • Our Programs. Catholic Charities website. http://catholiccharitiesgainesville.org/?page_id=6. Accessed March 28, 2017. • What we do. Catholic Charities USA website. https://catholiccharitiesusa.org/what-we-do. Accessed March 28, 2017. • Coleman-Jensen A, Rabbitt MP, Gregory CA, Singh A. Household food security in the United States in 2015. United States Department of Agriculture website. https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/err215/err-215.pdf?v=42636. Published September 2016. Accessed March 28, 2017. • Understand food insecurity. Feeding America website. https:/ / hungerandhealth.feedingamerica.org/ understand-food- insecurity/ hunger-health-101/ . Accessed March 28, 2017.
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