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“This is a super-exciting program,” Clerc said. Nutrition Kitchen began airing June 3 on the Air Force Medical Service homepage at and on YouTube. “Plus, we supply evidence-based, onscreen references from PubMed articles, so there’s no question to the authenticity and accuracy of the information.” “We put together a huge, multidisciplinary group of subject-matter experts who helped build this program,” he said. Maybe most important to the viewer is the episode themes revolve around the most common foods people said they like to eat.Ĭlerc said with all the nutrition information and misinformation out there, our military community can sometimes get overwhelming and it’s hard to know what to trust. CNNs senior diplomatic correspondent Michelle Kosinski shared a photo on Twitter of a holiday-themed meal from October 28th prominently featuring a stuffed pepper carved to look like a jack-o-lantern.

INSIDE AIR FORCE ONE KITCHEN SERIES

Striving to make the series as valuable as possible, Clerc and his team asked questions about what people like to eat, the amount of time they have to prepare and cook, the kind of equipment they have in the kitchen and how much they have for their weekly food budget.Īll this information was taken to a large group of dietitians, primary care and behavioral health providers to offer input for the programs. One recent meal served aboard Air Force one kept the internet guessing as to one of its components. They just go on their phone and watch a short video and move on with their day.” “People won’t have to schedule an appointment to see a doctor or dietician. “Nutrition Kitchen will be online and will reach them the way they want to be reached,” he said. “What everybody wanted was online nutritional cooking.”Ĭlerc said he thought everybody wanted in-person cooking classes, or to see a dietitian, but learned that people often didn’t want to spend the time for that.

“We did extensive research and concluded that what we currently offered wasn’t reaching them,” he said. The unique programs are the result of asking active-duty and their family members what would help them with cooking more nutritionally. Philip Clerc, Staff Endocrinologist with the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base, California. “The Nutrition Kitchen series is intended to help DoD members improve nutrition on their own terms, which will hopefully increase readiness because in order for the mission to succeed, individual people need to succeed,” said Air Force Maj. HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – Hill AFB’s kitchen, inside the Warrior Fitness Center here, was the setting for Nutrition Kitchen, a series of online nutritional cooking classes for military members and families.Īir Education and Training Command and the Office of the Surgeon General partnered with the 2 nd Audiovisual Squadron and the 75 th Air Base Wing to make the shows. By Donovan Potter, 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

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