CAUSES Center for Nutrition, Diet and Health Tyrome
“Chef T” Henson will be offering Cooking Healthy
for the Holidays at the Washington Parks & People's
Riverside Healthy Living Center, located at 5200 Foote St., NE, Washington, DC
20019. In addition to cooking demonstrations, the course will cover sanitation,
knife skills, food safety and healthy menu planning. Open to Ward 7 residents,
the free class will be offered December 13 and December 20. To register, email
Chef T at thenson@udc.edu or call (202)
274-5757. The class is open to ages 18 and over.
The
Center for Nutrition, Diet and Health (CNDH), a landgrant center within the
University of the District of Columbia's College of Agriculture, Urban
Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES), offers research-based
academic and community outreach programs that improve the quality of life and
economic opportunity of people and communities in the District of Columbia. CNDH
combines education and outreach to educate D.C. residents on the benefits of a
healthy lifestyle. Using these methods, CNDH helps to improve consumer
awareness and health sustaining behaviors among District residents through
education projects related to food, nutrition and health.
Under the leadership
of Dr. Lillie Monroe-Lord, CNDH focuses its efforts on assisting District
residents to acquire and improve knowledge, skills and behaviors associated
with health and well-being throughout the life cycle and with utmost cultural
sensitivity. Attention is dedicated to finding ways to address the needs of
families to cooperate as holistic interdependent units to build and maintain
healthy lifestyles.
Programs such as these could not be
accomplished without the help of our partners, such as Washington Parks &
People, who collaborates with CAUSES on a number of initiatives. Site of the
historic nightclub where Marvin Gaye first performed professionally, the newly
restored Riverside Healthy Living Center is owned and operated by Washington
Parks & People as a hub of park-based community revitalization, health, and
peace. For the past 14 years, Parks & People has led the community
partnership to transform Marvin Gaye Park as a model for the entire city, using
the park to advance public and environmental health, urban forestry and
agriculture, youth development, fitness, arts and culture, and job training.
For more information, please visit www.washingtonparks.net.
For more information on CAUSES and the Center
for Nutrition, Diet and Health, visit www.udc.edu/causes.
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