About Us

Helping Make Healthful Food Choices Simple

The University of Utah Center For Community Nutrition (UUCCN) designs customized nutrition education programs based on the needs of your unique organization.

Our vision is to be a leading center that creates and evaluates novel and innovative ways to overcome the barriers to healthful eating. We are committed to sharing knowledge through community outreach using nutrition and health education to improve our population’s health.

Current Programs

Crush Diabetes: Encourages healthy habits in middle school students and their families. Students watch a 40-minute documentary, Sugar Babies, that includes education on the physiology of diabetes and features youth coping with diabetes.

Culinary Medicine: An academic course that teaches students the basics of evidence based nutrition. Classes take place in a cooking kitchen where students prepare and enjoy meals while discussing the science of nutrition and how to apply that to patient discussions.

Team Thrive: An innovative approach to nutrition education for high school students. Under the guidance of UUCCN, a student leadership team will develop and implement curriculum and programs to address local needs in a positive and engaging way.

Food, Movement & U: Teaches healthy eating habits to families in partnering homeless and transitional housing shelters. The curriculum includes food demonstrations and recipes that are low-cost, require minimal preparation, and are centralized on canned or seasonal ingredients.

Community Outreach: Provides tailored educational outreach to meet the needs of various organizations. Previous events include free nutrition consultations at the 25th Annual Junior League CARE Fair, culinary workshops for the Federal TRIO Program at the University of Utah, and services at various health fairs.