Nutrition classes and Cooking Demos

We believe that eating healthy is key to overcome obesity and diabetes burden in our communities. Our SOL team is working hard to deliver nutrition classes with cooking demonstrations for community centers, schools and churches in Chicago targeting areas of HCHS/SOL. Soraya Valencia, our nutritionist, is very glad with the success of this project. Size of classes are limited. If you are interested in attending, please call us at 312-908-9372 to register your atendance in advance.

COOKING DEMOS ON HEALTHY EATING

Maybe you know that you need to increase the amount of fruits and veggies and lower fats into your meals. However, it is hard to make tasty everyday dishes with these recommendations. In other words, not only is important to know what you should eat to improve your health but also how to make it real. Taking this into consideration, the Study Of Latinos (SOL) community educators from Preventive Medicine-Northwestern University are trying to put cooking demonstrations of healthy food into action in schools, churches, and community base organizations of some Chicago communities like Humboldt Park, Logan Square, Albany Park, Irving Park, and Belmont Cragin. Even though the project has started with a small team and limited budget, the team’s enthusiasm and hard work is making this small project a success. “People love to learn tricks and tips on how to prepare a healthy meal with low budget,” said Soraya Valencia, nutritionist of the project SOLNAS, who is part of the SOL team of community educators. “They are delighted with the nutrition class and the cooking demos where they learn how to make an easy, inexpensive and delicious meal.” So far, more than a hundred persons who attended these events have commented very positive and also said they would like to see more events like these in their communities. Definitely, healthy cooking demos may be beneficial for many people interested in changing the way their eating. Because there is a high demand for this kind of projects, I believe there is an opportunity as well to implement similar health projects out there. A challenge to take up for many organizations working in our communities!

MOVE FOR LIFE!

Start the Spring and Summer seasons with an afternoon filled with physical activity!
Right, this is an invitation to go outside (alone or with your friends, family and kids) to enjoy this wonderful Spring weather in Chicago. I suggest seeing around the Park and learning diverse ways of physical activity: aerobics, biking, dance, yoga, zumba, tai-chi, self-defense, bomba, capoeira, etc.
It is Free!
Season Kick-Off: Saturday , April 7, 2012
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
HUMBOLDT PARK- IPRAC, 3015 W. Division St.
(Division St/ Humboldt Dr.)