[385] National Nutrition Month Features Offerings for MTSU Students

Release date: March 29, 2011

News and Media Relations contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or jweiler@mtsu.edu
Health Promotion contact: Lisa T. Schrader, 615-494-8704 or thomason@mtsu.edu

National Nutrition Month Features Offerings for MTSU Students

(MURFREESBORO) — March is National Nutrition Month, and members of the Raider Health Corps are pleased to offer the following programs to help students make positive changes to their diets. Attendance verification will be provided at all events.

Tuesday, March 29
Ask a Dietitian
Business and Aerospace S272, 4:45 to 5:30 p.m.

Do you have questions about your diet or about healthy eating? Confused by the mixed messages that come from the media? This is your chance to pose those questions to an expert. Ask Mary Belle Hunter, Student Health Services dietician, how you can make improvements to your diet during your time in school and beyond.

Wednesday, March 30
Mission Possible! Healthy Cooking for College Students
Ellington Human Sciences 107, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Come to this cooking demonstration and see firsthand how preparing healthy meals and snacks does not have to be difficult, time-consuming or tasteless. Members of the Raider Health Corps will prepare multiple items before your eyes and allow you to taste everything that is prepared. Recipes and nutritional information will be available for all items.

Thursday, March 31
Recipe for Success
Business and Aerospace S272, 5 to 6 p.m.

Eating well in college with no time and no money can be a challenge. Attend this presentation by members of the Raider Health Corps and learn some strategies that will improve your diet and overall health. Learn about the calorie contents of popular food items and how you can make healthy choices even when eating fast food. Presenters will even take you on a virtual tour of the grocery store to demonstrate how you can maximize the nutritional bang for your buck.

For more information, call 615-494-8704 or go online to mtsu.edu/healthpro or facebook.com/mthealthpromotion.
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In Brief

MTSU students can learn how to make better, more positive diet choices by attending MTSU Health Promotion-sponsored National Nutrition Month events today through Thursday on campus. Topics range from “Ask a Dietitian” today to “Mission Possible! Healthy Cooking for College Students” Wednesday to “Recipe for Success” on Thursday. For more information, call 615-494-8704.


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