Hospital Launches Healthy Cooking Study

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Last week, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Aramark food services company launched “Home Plate,” a research study that will seek to enhance the health and well-being of families by teaching parents how to cook healthy meals at home.

The Home Plate program will include improving access to fresh fruits and vegetables, and giving people cooking skills to turn that access to healthy foods into healthier diets.

Home Plate will operate as part of CHOP’s Healthy Weight program. The cooking sessions will occur at The Enterprise Center in West Philadelphia.

If the study proves successful, hospital officials believe it will lay the foundation for a “low-cost, sustainable model that can be replicated in community-based organizations across the country,” according to an article in the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Read more about the study.