Hands-on Cooking in Medical Schools: Diffusion of a Prevention Education Innovation.

Educating physicians early and often on how to have conversations with patients about diet to prevent and treat chronic disease is imperative, yet under realized. Some innovative medical schools have begun implementing hands-on cooking (HOC) programs to fill this gap, but how these programs are promoted is unknown. This study assessed the prevalence and innovation characteristics of HOC programs offered to medical students in the USA.

Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities: A Community-Based Randomized Trial for Rural Women.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate a multilevel cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention program for rural women.

Methods: This 6-month, community-based, randomized trial enrolled 194 sedentary rural women aged 40 or older with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m . Intervention participants attended 6 months of twice-weekly exercise, nutrition, and heart health classes (48 total) that included individual-, social-, and environment-level components.