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Article: Shifting the Clinic to the Kitchen: Applications of Culinary Medicine as Part of a Multidisciplinary Pediatric Obesity Treatment Model

Culinary medicine is a practical tool in medical care that incorporates cooking skills with medical nutrition therapy. Culinary medicine encourages skill building by emphasizing the application of nutrition education for everyday life from the grocery store to the dinner table.

CPE Level: 2
CPEU: 0.50 (valid until 7/17/2027)

Performance Indicators:

• 2.1.7 Develops or facilitates culturally sensitive community programs and services in collaboration with interested parties/groups.
• 10.1.1 Demonstrates and applies age-appropriate education principles. 
• 10.1.2 Identifies and works to minimize and overcome barriers to learning. 
• 10.1.3 Identifies and analyzes factors that influence change in behaviors.
• 10.1.4 Evaluates factors that influence the learning process and skill building.

Learning Objectives

• Further develop knowledge of culinary medicine and how it can be applied to the treatment of pediatric obesity.
• Describe Boston Children’s Hospital Optimal Wellness for Life (OWL) in the Kitchen Program as a model for implementing culinary medicine.
• Explain how culinary medicine promotes adherence to the 2023 American Academy of Pediatrics clinical practice guidelines.