OrjaBox recently conducted a short survey about sustainable cooking. Here are the results of this survey which reveal interesting cooking trends. Interpretations of the survey results will be analyzed in the following series of articles.
Our survey revealed that nutrition and home cooking are the topmost drivers for making cooking-related decisions. Interestingly, a report by UNICEF on food security also points out that nutrition is one of the major contributors to food security challenges. We are simultaneously dealing with malnutrition- both overnourished and undernourished population. Malnutrition highlights the link between stark income disparities and nutrition.
Cooking is an important decision making step between production and consumption of food. Hence, sustainable cooking tenets would certainly make a positive impact on addressing malnutrition and thereby help to achieve food security goals. A report by the Government of Canada, on improving cooking and food preparation skills, emphasizes the role of cooking for developing a strategy for healthy living.
Sustainable cooking offers many solutions to address malnutrition and food security challenges.
- Effective promotion and adoption of nutrition standards for every family lead to the selection of proper portions, balanced ingredients, and proper cooking techniques.
- Sharing food and donating – food grains, cooked food, fruits, even cooking equipment, etc. within communities is an effective habit to promote food security. It also helps to reduce wastage. This study in South Korea well demonstrates many societal benefits of sharing food.
In the next article, we will consider the impact of ready to eat food and usage of processed and semi-processed food.
Yup, I believe I share the same sentiment as yours when you reiterated the importance of preparing a well-balanced meal on a daily basis to ensure consistent level of fitness. I’m taking a week off from week and since I have lots of free time I want to make something nice for my family. Very well, I’ll check out some of the available options to help me with the meal prep process soon.
Thanks Amy for your initiative to cook a balanced meal. I hope you and your family enjoy cooking nutritious meals.
hey, nice article about “nutritions”. it is informative for me thanks for sharing these with us.I will definitely follow these for my self . Keep on adding this type of valuable content again and again. Hope to read more from you. Thank you!