ìWhat theyíre getting here, they can turn around and teach to their students,î said Becky Low, Director of Nutrition Education for the Utah Dairy Council.
Teachers, health professionals, caterers, nutritionist and school district cooks attended the conference at Davis High School, which is held every year. Participants chose from tours of the Davis Central Kitchen, Smiths plant and warehouse and Mrs. Cava-naughís, then returned to the high school for regular classes.
College and concurrent enrollment credit was available for classes on critical thinking, skills with nutrition, diet trends, educational resources, information and consumers, nutrition research, revisiting the food pyramid and myths and legends of nutrition.
ìThe classes have a focus on questioning how we sort through the clutter of information,î said Low.
Participants traveled from Cache County, Southern Utah, Idaho and even Arizona to attend this conference. ìA lot of teachers have a regular culinary arts program, and they have foods as at least one focus,î said Low.
Social marketing and how it affects nutrition was also addressed. Low said people receive a lot of information to sort through. ìStudies show that we experience between 2,000 and 6,000 messages every day,î said Low.
ìWe are trying to give teachers resources to help their students tune in to whatís being taught.î
Low also pointed out the fact that the theme of nutrition has changed from ì5 A Dayî to simply, ìmore matters.î
sroberts@davisclipper.com
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