Medicos na Cozinha aka Doctors in the Kitchen, spreading the knowledge about culinary medicine in Brazil

The
Project Medicos na Cozinha (Doctors in the Kitchen) aims to spread the
knowledge in Brazil about culinary medicine by providing doctors with the
necessary tools for the development of culinary skills, thus improving their
diet and inspiring them to a healthy lifestyle that can be multiplied by their
patients. 

We
have already carried out 11 editions, around 140 physicians, managing to bring
this knowledge to doctors from different specialties, who could replicate what
they learned in their counselling practices.  The course is divided in a
lecture class of 2 hours: Culinary Medicine, Healthy Eating and Motivational
Interview, plus 2 hours hands-on cooking class in which participants learn how
to prepare recipes using whole foods and alternative heathier ingredients to
cook a complete meal that they could easily replicate at home. 

In
addition, we published this year the book Doctors in the Kitchen, the first
Brazilian book on culinary medicine and lifestyle, allowing the dissemination
of knowledge throughout the country, not only for health professionals, but
also for the general population. 

We
are working to implement the first culinary medicine course in a medical school
next year. In the research area, we have applied an initial questionnaire for
participants of our courses and it will be reapplied after 3-6 months of the
course to assess the evolution of knowledge and whether doctors are applying
what they have learned. The partial results of this research were presented in
October at the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Conference, 2019
(Orlando, USA).

More
info:

1)https://www.amazon.com.br/M%C3%A9dicos-na-Cozinha-Adriana-Katekawa/dp/8585162155

2)https://educahealth.com.br/curso/medicos-na-cozinha

Contact:

Instagram: @medicosnacozinha

Email:
adriana.katekawa@gmail.com