Examining Cooking as a Health Behavior

"Key behavioral strategies to facilitate making sustained changes in dietary habits and activity patterns are introduced, promoted and reinforced throughout the program. In-person sessions facilitated by an interventionist provide the group meetings. The program provides 24 weekly facilitated group sessions over 6 months. In addition to attending weekly classes, participants will track food intake, exercise, and weight. Participants will share online tracking diaries with the group facilitator who will offer individualized feedback on individual progress.~Twelve cooking classes will be run every other week after the in-person weight loss meetings."

The Demonstrations group will receive the exact same behavioral weight loss intervention as the cooking group. The only difference is that this group will attend cooking demonstrations as opposed to actively cooking.