SERVICE DETAILS
Edinburgh Community Food are delighted to be partnering with LINKnet Mentoring to offer a new project called Eat Well for Oral Health.
Eat Well for Oral Health is a community-based food skills and nutrition project to drive oral health improvements for all living in vulnerable circumstances and affected by socio-economic and race inequalities across Edinburgh and the Lothians.
It is designed to improve child, family - and targeted communities - oral health by sharing diet and nutrition knowledge and enhancing cooking skills and confidence using a community-based approach.
Our FREE 6 week cooking and nutrition courses help people gain confidence in cooking nutritious affordable meals and providing oral health awareness information.
Participants will learn how to:
- Cook nutritious meals to enjoy with others or take home
- Achieve a healthy balanced diet and understand how diet relates to oral health.
Participants will receive:
- Support and advice on oral health
- Guidance on how to access an NHS Dentist
- Free nutrition and oral health resources
To find out more, please contact Jo Howie, Food and Health Development Officer at jo.howie@edinburghcommunityfood.org.uk or call 0131 467 7326.
To register, please complete this Registration Form at https://www.edinburghcommunityfood.org.uk/eat-well-for-oral-health.
