{"id":46886,"date":"2019-02-14T11:26:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T19:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=46886"},"modified":"2019-02-14T11:26:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T19:26:30","slug":"workshops-cooking-in-college-the-key-to-learn-to-consume-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/workshops-cooking-in-college-the-key-to-learn-to-consume-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshops “cooking” in college: the key to learn to consume better?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAt a time when obesity is a real public health problem and where agri-food marketing promotes quick and easy consumption, based on ready-made meals and ultra-processed products, it is crucial to encourage young people. to adopt good eating habits.\u00a0Repeated at school or during information campaigns, the messages of\u00a0<\/span>the National Program Nutrition Health<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(PNNS) gives them some benchmarks.<\/span><\/p>\n

But this nutritional education is not enough.\u00a0To truly integrate good reflexes, young people need to put into practice the recommendations addressed to them, in connection with everyday life.\u00a0Should not we then set up cooking classes, but also workshops of awakening to tasting, or a discovery of culinary marketing techniques, if we want to develop food skills, autonomy and longevity. critical thinking of young people to help them become savvy consumers?<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the challenge raised by the research program\u00a0<\/span>“Arts of cooking at the college”<\/span><\/a>\u00a0, initiated in 2013. For three years, it was tested in a pilot format at the\u00a0<\/span>College Marguerite de Valois<\/span><\/a>\u00a0, in Angouleme (in Charente), around of\u00a0<\/span>five modules<\/span><\/a>\u00a0according to the route of the products, of the fork to the fork.\u00a0Throughout the course, the students were able to decipher places of purchase, create packaging, discover food professions, learn the arts of the table and learn how to cook balanced recipes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cooking to create a link between college and family<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

The originality of this food education program is to create a continuum of learning between workshops and families so that the practices discovered at college can really become part of everyday life.\u00a0This was done through simple tools such as a\u00a0<\/span>logbook<\/span><\/a>\u00a0, a lunch box to bring homemade preparations home for family tastings as well as friendly events with parents.<\/span>
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