The fourth and last cooking/tasting demonstration held as part of the Eighth Annual Greater Fall River Fitness Challenge  brought participants to the fifth floor classroom of the Fall River YMCA for a 45-minute cooking demonstration by Chef Jessica Williams. DTR, of Creating Healthy Solutions. Chef Jess demonstrated a way of choosing foods by choosing proteins, fats and fast and slow carbohydrates in each meal. She ended the demonstration by offering a taste of a zucchini lasagna that combined all four in a single dish. Sponsored by Greater Fall River Re-creation, Partners for a Healthier Community, Saint Anne's Hospital, Southcoast Hospitals, the Fitness Challenge includes programs provided by All Generations Fitness, the Diabetes Association, Inc., Fitness Fusion, FitWorks, General Fitness, Greater Fall River Re-creation, TKO Fitness, and the Fall River YMCA. The Challenge offers low cost opportunities for those who live, work or attend school in the Greater Fall River Area. Click here for a 36-minute video of the demonstration. Click here for photos of the Challenge event held just prior to the session. Click here for the video of Chef Jess's introduction before the Challenge. Click here for photos and video from the prior cooking demonstration. For more information, go to www.FallRiverFitnessChallenge.com. or call Greater Fall River ReCreation at 508-679-0922.

(Top row) Chef Jessica Williams, DTR, of Creating Healthy Solutions welcomes participants to her fourth cooking and tasting demonstration and explains how to choose combinations of foods that contain proteins, fats and fast and slow carbohydrates in each meal. (Row two) Chef Jess goes over a variety of common foods pointing out what category each belongs in. (Bottom row, left and center) Participants get copies of the recipes at the end of the session and watch her prepare the zucchini lasagna which they sample at the end of the session. (Bottom row, right) Jess chats with participant Terri Greenwood in the new lobby of the Fall River YMCA where the session was held. .