Nutrition Newsletter

• When is the last time you really followed the food pyramid guidelines?
• Mom says: "Remember to eat your fruits and vegetables!"
• The Truth about FAT: The good, the bad, & the ugly!
• Good News for all my fellow chocolate lovers
• Thoughts on Low-Carb Diets

Campus Data

• Top Health Concerns of Penn Students: Nutrition

Campus Resources

• Campus Dining Services
  Kasia Burton, RD, Nutritionist
  215-898-7585
  Available for individual appointments with students and campus presentations. In 1920 Commons Tuesday-Saturday for students to walk in with questions.
  
• Student Health Service
  Victoria Woertz, RD, Nutritionist
  215-662-2853
  Available for individual appointments on Tuesdays in SHS.
  
• School of Nursing
  Dr. Stella Volpe
  Faculty/researcher in the School of Nursing with a background in nutrition and exercise science and physiology. Prior to starting Penn in Jan, 2004, she was Director of the Center for Nutrition in Sport and Human Performance at UMass @ Amherst.

Other Resources

• American Dietetic Association is the nation’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals.

• Nutrition Tidbits - Former Penn nutrition professor, Dr. Irene Berman-Levine ‘s website. Offers comprehensive information and on-line q and a.

• Center for the Science in Public Interest - Links for news updates, Nutrition Action Newsletter, quizzes and recipes.

• Mayo Clinic Health Information's award-winning consumer web site offers health information, and self-improvement and disease management tools.

• Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guide, 3rd Edition, Human Kinetics, 2003.

• The Color Code, A Revolutionary Eating Plan for Optimal Health, James A. Joseph, Ph.D. Hyperion, 2003.