NutritiOUs fRuIts and veggieS to Improve Health: A Culinary Medicine Intervention

NOURISH: NutritiOUs fRuIts and veggieS to Improve Health: A Culinary Medicine Intervention

This study includes a 12-week culinary medicine intervention integrated within the existing YMCA Suncoast Survivorship and Wellness Program Powered by Moffitt. Members of the John Geigle YMCA will be assigned to the NOURISH intervention, which includes biweekly provision of fruit and vegetable bundles, recipe cards, and nutritional education handouts plus 30-minute culinary medicine demonstrations with skill-building training (six total demonstrations focused on fruit and vegetable recipes).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosed with cancer.
• Able to speak and read English.
• Without documented or observable psychiatric or neurologic diagnoses that could interfere with participation (e.g., dementia, active psychosis).
• Able to provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not meeting all of the above inclusion criteria.