Tiger Nutrition: College Nutrition 101
This is your health and your campus! Join Maddy Degenfelder, our Student Life Center Nutrition Educator, on Mondays from 3-3:50 p.m. or Thursdays 4-4:50 p.m. in the IM Conference Room (SLC A100) to start investing in your health!
Each session will consist of a brief presentation on a nutrition topic relevant to college students, an interactive activity, practical application steps, Q&A and potentially - free food! **Indicates free food!
Wk 1: 8/25 & 8/28
Meal prepping & overnight oats demo!**
Veggie meter: Start semester challenge!
Wk 2: 9/4
Work Smarter Not Harder: Neuro-nutrition & the MIND diet**
Wk 3: 9/8 & 9/11
How-To: Reading a nutrition label & ‘macros’ overview
Wk 4: 9/15 & 9/18
Supplements 101: Protein powder & energy drinks!
Wk 5: 9/22 & 9/25
Sports Nutrition: Pre, during & post workout meals
Wk 6: 9/29 & 10/2
Can You Prevent Cancer?: Antioxidants, free radicals & your health!
Wk 7: 10/6 & 10/9
Breast Cancer Awareness: Women’s health & hormones
Wk 8: 10/16
America is in a Fiber Crisis!: Why should you care?**
Wk 9: 10/20 & 10/23
How Happy is Your Gut?: Exploring the gut microbiome!
Wk 10: 10/27 & 10/30
Blood Sugar & Finances: It’s scary
How Starbucks adds up!
Wk 11: 11/3 & 11/6
Is bread bad?: A carb conversation**
Wk 12: 11/10 & 11/13
Vitamins, minerals & the Food Matrix
Wk 13: 11/17 & 11/20
I’m young! Do I need to worry about cholesterol in college?
Wk 14: 11/24
Finals are coming! Diving into food’s role in stress management
Wk 15: 12/1 & 12/4
It really is about moderation!: Honing in on holiday habits
Wk 16: 12/8
How’d you do? Veggie meter: End semester challenge!
Directions to Intramurals Conference Room (SLC A100): Student Life Center lower level, near the dance studios. Room number A100. Go past the cage and dart boards, down the hallway, and it is on the left. Look for signs that say, “TIGER NUTRITION.”
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This is an RIT Only Event
Interpreter Requested?
No