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WE COOK. WE DELIVER.
WE TEACH. WE CARE.
WE TEACH.
NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAMS MNT is provided exclusively by Open Hand
Registered Diettan Nutritonists.
Open Hand’s evidence-based nutriton educaton
programs are designed to empower our clients Cooking Maters™ classes
to take control of their health by adoptng eatng This celebrated 6-week, evidence-based nutriton
behaviors appropriate to their medical conditon. and cooking curriculum helps facilitate healthy
Nutriton educaton is ofered to at-risk individuals eatng behaviors, promote nutriton knowledge,
from all walks of life — from low-income youth and and decrease food insecurity for low-income
families, retred veterans and cancer survivors, to individuals and families all across the state of
vulnerable seniors in a variety of setngs. Georgia.
Eat well—live well curriculum Open Hand Cooking Maters (OHCM) serves
Open Hand Registered Diettan Nutritonists SNAP/WIC-eligible individuals who are at risk of
take a hands-on approach to nutriton educaton, hunger and more susceptble to obesity and other
with topics ranging from porton control, healthy behavior-based risk factors and diseases.
eatng habits and hands-on food prep to physical Host sites include organizatons whose primary
actvity, gardening, goal-setng, and disease self- mission includes the provision of services to
management. low-income Georgians: local food banks, housing
Medical Nutriton Therapy (MNT) authorites, food pantries, WIC clinics, Head Start,
Senior Centers, safety net clinics, faith-based
Medical Nutriton Therapy is a more focused organizatons, homeless shelters, transitonal
nutriton interventon involving one–on–one housing communites, and other community-based
diagnostc therapy and counseling services organizatons.
prescribed by a medical or dietetc professional
for the purpose of disease management.
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