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In Dona Ana County (67.1% Latino) where many adults are diagnosed with diabetes, new classes are cooking up to help those diagnosed enjoy diet modifications to improve their health.
What is being called the Kitchen Creations cooking school, is being offered at a local high school, Mayfield High School to ensure participants have access to hands-on learning.
Participants can build skills like how to plan meals, measure appropriate service sizes, how to read food labels and balance carbohydrates, which all can help aid better blood glucose levels, and increase health outcomes.
Participants are sharing the good news of their A1C levels dropping and enjoying the classes, explained Cassandra Vanderpool, registered dietitian and Extension diabetes coordinator for NMSU’s Department of Extension Family and Consumer Sciences.
The classes are free and provided by New Mexico Department of Health and offered by the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service.
To enroll in the Kitchen Creations cooking school, contact the Doña Ana Cooperative Extension Service at 575-525-6649. The next Kitchen Creations session will be offered in Las Cruces from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Feb. 1, 8, 15 and 22 at Mayfield High School, to find out more information, click here.
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for every Latino neighborhood, compared to 3 for every non-Latino neighborhood
