Adherence
Self-directed learning of cooking skills through independent resources (internet, books, TV) significantly increases the likelihood of possessing high cooking skills compared to not using these methods.
If you are a student or busy adult, you can significantly improve your cooking skills by actively seeking out recipes and techniques online, via books, or TV, rather than waiting for formal instruction. This self-directed approach is statistically linked to higher culinary competence, which in turn supports better diet quality and food security.
students who declared not having learned to cook alone/internet/books/TV programs (AOR = 1.60; 95% CI = 1.175–2.17) were more likely to have low/intermediate cooking skills.
Why this rating
Large sample size (n=1203) and statistically significant adjusted odds ratios, though the cross-sectional design limits causal inference.
Source
Cooking Skills and Associated Variables in Public University Students from Northeast Brazil
Eva Débora de Oliveira Andrade et al. · Nutrients · 2025
DOI 10.3390/nu17101606
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