American Heart Association hosts cooking demos to teach long-lost skills and promote healthier eating habits.
Join Richmond community members and guest chef Mayor Dwight Jones in a live cooking demonstration as part of the American Heart Association’s newest program, Simple Cooking with Heart, supported nationally by The Walmart Foundation.
University of Richmond Culinary Arts students along with guest chef, Mayor Dwight Jones, will be hosting a live cooking demonstration at the University of Richmond Center for Culinary Arts to show consumers how simple it can be to cook healthy, inexpensive meals for their family and friends. The Simple Cooking with Heart program offers consumers basic cooking skills and techniques to get started and inspired – and have fun!
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
11:00 AM – 12:00 PMUniversity of Richmond Center for Culinary Arts
9722 Gayton Road Richmond VA 23238
Obesity is an epidemic in America:
Over 149 million Americans, or 67 percent of adults 20 and older, are overweight or obese. By 2015, experts project that 75 percent of adults will be overweight, with 41 percent being obese.
Americans are eating outside the home more than ever:
Where Americans eat has a dramatic effect on what and how much food is consumed: the more people eat out, particularly at fast-food restaurants, the more calories, fat and sodium they tend to consume; and away-from-home meals contain fewer fruits, vegetables, and whole grains than foods prepared at home.
Americans lack the skills to prepare home-cooked meals:
Less than one-third of Americans who eat dinner at home cook their meals from scratch – a seven percent reduction in two years.
Most adults don’t realize they are lacking the proper skills to prepare healthy meals at home. Seven out of ten adults rated their cooking skills above average, but less than four out of ten scored above average on a basic cooking skills quiz.
