Goheung-gun Receives Great Response for 'Cheese Potato Gratin Making' Using Yuzu Sauce

Actively Reflecting Nutrition Plus Program Participants' Opinions in Cooking Practice, Promoting Cooking Demonstrations on SNS

[Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] On the 12th, Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do, announced on the 13th that it received great response by conducting a cooking practice session on ‘Making Cheese Potato Gratin’ using yuja sauce, which is rich in vitamins A and C, helps recover from fatigue, strengthens immunity, and is excellent for preventing COVID-19, at the Agricultural Technology Center’s cooking practice room.

The Nutrition Plus Project provides supplementary food twice a month to pregnant women and infants with nutritional risk factors among households below 80% of the median income standard, improving nutritional intake status such as anemia, underweight, and growth retardation. It also systematically supports and manages the nutritional status of each target through regular nutrition education and individual counseling via home visits.

Fifteen participants from the Nutrition Plus Project took part in this practice session. The public health center’s dedicated nutritionist actively reflected the survey results of Nutrition Plus participants, which indicated that potatoes from the delivered supplementary food were sometimes left unused at home. Utilizing yuja sauce, which is also effective in preventing COVID-19, the cooking practice introduced the recipe for making cheese potato gratin.

Additionally, education on the importance of nutrition and proper eating habits was provided for infants and young children, who are at a critical stage where lifelong habits are formed.

Last year, the total beneficiaries of the Nutrition Plus Project were 199, with anemia rates improving by 30.5% and dietary attitude by 30%. This year, due to social distancing caused by COVID-19, non-face-to-face projects were conducted in parallel. Two cooking demonstration videos using supplementary foods were produced and posted on SNS platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Band, KakaoStory, KakaoTalk Channel, Instagram) and shared with the participants.

A county official stated, “Through the Nutrition Plus Project, we will improve the nutritional imbalance of the participants and greatly contribute not only to healthy childbirth for mothers but also to the smooth development and growth of newborn babies. We will continue to do our best with various projects to solve the nutritional problems of our residents.”

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