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HOEC 100

Foodways, Nutrition & Health
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Instructor:  Lisa Yamashiro, MEd, RD
lyamashi@ccsf.edu; (415) 561-1971 (VM)

This 3-unit course is the study of the cultural, social, and economic influences on food habits of different groups; their diet-related health risks and implications; cross-cultural communication strategies; food budgeting and meal planning; and foodservice safety and sanitation.


Fall 2009, CRN# 77288, 3-units

PREREQUISITES
Acceptance to the Nutrition Assistant Program based on successful completion of:
HOEC 98 Introduction to the Nutrition Assistant Program
TEXTBOOKS
  • NSF Center for Public Health Education.  Professional Food Manager Certification Training, NSF HealthGuard version 4.0, 2005.  (ISBN 0-9675817-6-1).  www.nsf.org/cphe.  Available from the John Adams Campus Bookstore.  

    NOTE:     All students will have to pay a fee for the food safety certification exam ($32 cash) payable to the instructor.  National Registry of Food Safety Professionals (link)

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  • California Food Guide. Sacramento, California: California Department of Health Care Services and California Department of Public Health;2008.  Available at http://www.cafoodguide.ca.gov.  (Download Chapters 16-20 on Ethnic Dietary Issues)

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  • Graves, D.E., and Suitor, D.W.  Celebrating Diversity: Approaching Families Through Their Food (rev. ed.).  Arlington, VA:  National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, 1998. (loaned from the Consumer Education Department - each student will receive a copy to borrow)  Click here for PDF version.
SYLLABUS

Syllabus, finalized and posted 9/28/09 (Adobe Acrobat PDF file)
Final Project - Celebrate Diversity Presentation- posted 10/23/09 (Adobe Acrobat PDF file) - presentations scheduled for December

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Class starts Tuesday, September 22!

Guest speaker schedule:

Tuesday, November 10
9:15 a.m.

Joanna Snyder, (NA Grad 2007),
Dietetics student at San Francisco State University
"Filipino Foodways"

Tuesday, November 10
10:15 a.m. 		Sylvia Lau, MPH, RD, CDE
Chinatown Public Health Center
http://www.dph.sf.ca.us/chn/HlthCtrs/Chinatown.htm
"Chinese Foodways"

Thursday,
November 12
10:15 a.m.

Kim Nguyen, MS, Research Nutritionist
Center for Weight & Health
"Vietnamese Foodways"
Thursday,
November 19
10:15 a.m. 		Gloria Brown, UC Cooperative Extension, Emeritus
African American Community Health Advisory Committee,
Chairperson
www.aachac.org
"African American Foodways"

Tuesday, November 24
10:15 a.m.

Laura Brainin-Rodriguez, MPH, MS, RD
Coordinator Feeling Good Project
San Francisco Department of Public Health
"Latino Foodways"
Tuesday, December 1
10:15 a.m. 		Cheryl Magid, RD, Program Administrator
L'Chaim Adult Day Health Center
"Jewish Foodways"
COURSE RESOURCES

"Can Your Kitchen Pass the Food Safety Test?" by FDA Consumer (Link)

Reference texts on reserve at DeAvila library:
Kittler, P.G., and Sucher, K.P. Food and Culture, 4th Edition, Wadsworth/Thompson Learning, 2004 (and previous versions).

Kittler, P.G., and Sucher, K.P. Cultural Foods, Traditions and Trends, Wadsworth/Thompson Learning, 2000. (ISBN 0-534-57339-8). 

Cultural Foods: Traditions and Trends, 1st Edition

Recommended food safety Web sites: (click links below)
California Retail Food Code (CalCode) (Senate Bill No. 144, May 2006)
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Fight BAC! Campaign
Food & Drug Administration
Food & Drug Administration, Model Food Code 2005 (link)
Food Safety & Inspection Service
Food Stamp Nutrition Connection
FOOD Web site-University of Nebraska Lincoln
 Home Food Safety Campaign
National Food Safety Database

Video and music clips related to food safety:
Basic Food Safety videos on You Tube Produced by the Central District Health Department (CDHD) in Boise, ID (link)
California Healthy Kids Resource Center (health education library with many food safety materials and ServSafe training videos for loan)
Food Safety Music Website (Dr. Carl Winter, UC Davis)
HACCP: 7 Steps to Food Safety video clip
PBS Frontline, "Modern Meat" video clip
Public Health - Seattle & King County (food safety streaming videos)
Video library from FDA
"Why Don't We Do It In Our Sleeves?" video clip

Other recommended websites:
Eat Well for Less (online learning modules from Oregon State University)
Ethnic and Cultural Resources (Link)
PBS Frontline, "A Class Divided" entire video
Unnatural Causes...is inequality making us sick?" PBS documentary (Link to video clips and more)
WIC Learning Online (Link)

Recommended books to read:

Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (California Studies in Food and Culture, 3) Fast Food Nation Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating In Defense of Food book cover
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