'Solo Meal! Nutrition Education' runs June 17–July 15 at Bangbae Community Health Center, with hands-on cooking sessions covering meal planning, ingredient storage and preparation — open to 24 youth and elderly single-person residents
Seoul's Seocho-gu district is launching a tailored nutrition education program to help young adults and elderly residents living alone build healthier eating habits.
Seocho-gu, led by District Mayor Jeon Seong-su, said it will run the "Solo Meal! Nutrition Education" program for single-person households at the nutrition education room of Bangbae Community Health Center from June 17 to July 15.
The program targets single-person households that tend to rely on convenience foods or eating out, and aims to help them develop sustainable healthy eating habits. Participants will learn through hands-on practice covering the full range of meal management — from planning balanced menus and selecting ingredients to cleaning, storing and using up leftovers, and cooking.
The program runs across three sessions — June 17, July 1 and July 15 — and participants may sign up for whichever date suits them.
The first session, themed "Noodle Dishes for a Treat," covers stir-fried seafood udon and assorted vegetable pickles. The second, "A Bowl Full of Nutrition," focuses on mapo tofu rice bowls and marinated tomatoes. The third and final session, themed "Light Takes on Salted Fish and Kimchi," guides participants through making pollock roe, zucchini and tofu stew, and cabbage-perilla kimchi.
The district also plans to provide follow-up education after the program to help participants maintain healthy eating habits over the long term.
Up to 24 single-person households and elderly residents living alone who are registered in Seocho-gu may apply, on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications can be submitted by calling the health promotion team at Bangbae Community Health Center.
Bangbae Community Health Center also runs a range of other nutrition and cooking programs, including "Knock Knock! Baby Food Cooking Education" for nutritionally vulnerable groups, the "Silver Cooking Class" for seniors, and "Dream Tree Healthy Snack Making" for preschool children.
"We will continue to expand tailored education programs so that single-person households, who are easily exposed to nutritional imbalances, can practice healthy eating in their daily lives," District Mayor Jeon said.
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