27/08/2026
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
Conducting cooking demonstrations for rural communities using locally available foods manages diabetes for adults while providing safe, nutrient-dense complementary foods for 6-month-old infants.
Cooking demonstrations for people with diabetes: the session on diabetes management focused on high-fiber, complex unrefined carbohydrates, healthy fats, lean proteins, and minimal added sugar or salt.
Factors threatening dietary diversity in rural communities often relate to food security issues, such as insufficient quantity of food, difficulties in physical economic access to food, and inappropriate food utilization, which also contributes to reduced nutrient intake.
Furthermore, in rural communities there are various setbacks compared to urban areas, such as lower literacy rates and difficulties in accessing education and healthcare services, which also threaten dietary diversity among children under 6 months. These days, acquiring accurate information to protect oneโs health is an alternative.
Therefore, strengthening face-to-face activities and partnering with local clinics and hospitals or volunteers, like cooking demonstrations, could improve dietary diversity.
A special thanks to a health nutritionist, Senna Hlapi from Tebellong LECSA Hospital, who is an expert who studies food and how it affects the human body, assisting people improve their general wellness through better diet choices.
