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The Daily OrangeHealth and Nutrition | Cut out the fad: university strives for healthy campus through nutrition programs
By Heather Mayer
Posted: 3/29/07, 11:47 PM EST Section: Feature
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All are dieting myths that Syracuse University Food Services aimed to put to rest this month.
As part of the National Nutrition Month's focus on "fad-free" dieting, Food Services created a program to educate students about healthy eating and exercise habits.
Headed by Food Services dietician Ruth Sullivan, the Fad Free program offered informational fliers and games to promote nutritional facts and reveal truths about fad dieting and nutrition myths.
This year the program was easy to put together, Sullivan said, who ran similar programs at Head Start, a national organization that helps disadvantaged children through educational, health and social services, according to its Web site.
In addition to nutritional and diet information, Sullivan and Food Services public relations director, Keone Weigl, invited fitness director Eliza Decker to participate in this year's program to educate students about fitness and exercise.
Decker distributed maps at the various dining halls of common walking routes in the campus area, including the Comstock Shuffle, Thornden Park Saunter and Westcott Promenade. The maps gave a mileage to make students aware of how far they actually walk on a day-to-day basis.
"Some people's version of a mile is a lot different," Decker said.
She also engaged students in fitness activities, including popping bubble wrap and punching a balloon, to demonstrate how many calories students burn doing minute activities.
"If you stomp out bubble wrap for 50 minutes, that's a lot of calories," Decker said, with respect to the fact that one minute of stomping burns six calories. "Every day doing just a little bit of exercise will burn off calories."
Sullivan thought the collaboration with the fitness department was a good one.
"The whole program flows really well together," Sullivan said. "The students really seem to enjoy it."
Dining programs
Unlike many other universities, such as the University of Michigan and the University of Cincinnati, who use independent companies like SYSCO Food Services, SU has its own dining-service department. The Food Services program is in charge of ordering its own food, preparing recipes and running its own programs.
Aside from March's "Fad-Free" program, which is sponsored by the American Dietician Association, Food Services is responsible for students' well-being in the campus dining halls, Sullivan said.
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tolindah
posted 4/02/07 @ 11:28 AM EST
If you suspect a food allergy, you can get tested... Cell Science Systems providers of the Alcat™ test for food and chemical sensitivity, recently reported significant results from a 100 patient survey that indicates an 80% improvement for the alleviation of fatigue and IBS after patients implemented dietary changes indicated by results of the ALCAT food panel test. (Continued…)
tolindah
posted 4/02/07 @ 11:29 AM EST
If you suspect a food allergy, you can get tested... Cell Science Systems providers of the Alcat™ test for food and chemical sensitivity, recently reported significant results from a 100 patient survey that indicates an 80% improvement for the alleviation of fatigue and IBS after patients implemented dietary changes indicated by results of the ALCAT food panel test. (Continued…)
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posted 7/10/08 @ 10:54 AM EST
I`m sure they taste great, but I reached a conclusion: all tasteful foods aren't healthy. Or at least, not as tasty as pizza, cheeseburgers, crispy strips and so on, and I`m sure you agree with me. (Continued…)
Lemonade Diet
posted 7/16/08 @ 4:51 AM EST
I think that schools should teach students about nutrition and diet. Schools teach all these other things that are not nearly as important. So I think it is great for the news in this article. (Continued…)
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