On this episode, Dr. Nicole Farmer joins us to talk about her research on cooking frequency in non-Hispanic households and highlights the advantages of home cooking for better diet quality, mental health, and prevention of chronic disease.
Dr. Nicole Farmer is currently a Staff Scientist at the NIH Clinical Center and the Acting Section Chief of the Dietary Behaviors and Biopsychosocial Health Section within The Translational Biobehavioral and Health Disparities Branch (TBHD). In the intramural research position, Dr. Farmer is involved in both community-based and patient research exploring the role of cooking in chronic disease prevention and psychosocial health.
Question of the Day: What’s your favorite go-to home-cooked meal to make?
In this episode you will learn:
Non-Hispanic Black Households & Dinner Cooking
Balanced Meal Preparation at Home
Home Cooking in Post-COVID World
Cooking and Mental Health Perceptions
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00:00 Intro with Shireen
00:32 Welcome Dr. Nicole Farmer
02:39 Lower cooking frequency
06:08 Promoting Cooking Frequency in Higher Income Non-Hispanic Blacks
08:15 Correlation between Low-Income and High-Income Individuals and Cooking Habits
09:51 Advice for Healthy Home Cooked Meals on a Time Budget
14:14Good Intentions in Home Cooking and Potential for Poor Nutritional Choices
17:26 How to Audit Your Meal: Identifying Nutrient-Dense vs Non-Nutrient Dense Foods
18:48 The Benefits of Cooking for Mental Health in a Post-COVID World
22:09 The Importance of Home Cooking in Chronic Disease Prevention
25:22 Outro with Shireen
