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By ADA FAY WOOD
Reporter
Eating in Cain Dining Hall is
more than standing in line to get a
routine meal for more than 200
Texas A&M athletes. Myrt David
son, dining hall manager since 1978,
makes sure of this.
“I try to give them a wide variety,”
she said.
About 150 breakfasts, 250 lunches
and 225 dinners are served daily,
seven days a week.
Davidson said she finds her job
both challenging and rewarding.
Her primary concern is maintaining
a pleasant atmosphere where the
athletes can relax and enjoy meals,
she said.
Davidson uses occasional “mono
tony breakers” to add additional
spice to the meals. For example,
some monotony breakers are a Ha
waiian luau, a Mexican buffet, Ital
ian night and a western barbecue.
In addition to planning these spe
cial events, she takes time to give a
small cake to the athletes on their
birthdays, and she eats with them.
These special touches have earned
her the nickname of “Mom.”
Davidson said she tries to be a pos
itive influence on the athletes. For
example, a dress code is used — no
cut-off t-shirts, flip flops or caps —
and different foods are introduced
to give the athletes a chance to taste
dishes they may have never tried be
fore.
And Davidson also does her part
to get the football team ready for the
games by preparing a special pre
game meal. Four hours before the
game the players are treated to a
small steak, a baked potato, green
beans and a tossed salad.
When the Aggies win, they are
treated to a victory dinner on Sun
day night with Blue Bell ice cream
for dessert, she said.
However, if they lose, the team
gets sandwiches, Davidson said.
Sunday lunches are always special,
though, since the athletes’ girl
friends may eat with them, she said.
Meals for the athletes are all pre
pared by a wonderful staff, David
son said. First assistant is McNeil
Fick, who has worked for the Texas
A&M Food Service Department for
40 years. Her other two assistants
are both graduates of Texas A&M.
Davidson started working for
Texas A&M in 1973 as the manager
of food service in the Memorial Stu
dent Center.
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Malnutrition does exist locally
Balanced diet important
By MICHAEL CRAWFORD
Reporter
Malnutrition. The word conjures
up visions of .starving children in
poor Third World nations. Yet in a
country as rich as ours there is still a
need for preventive measures
against malnutrition, even within the
College Station city limits.
Sue Ann Jackson, supervisor of
the Children’s Protectors Service in
Bryan, says nutritional education is
vital to maintaining a balanced diet.
Most families touched by malnu
trition, she says, are relatively un
educated and on the lower end of
the economic ladder.
“Adults are trying to get re
sources, but can’t because they don’t
have the knowledge to get the help,”
she says.
Jackson says parents know when
they are hungry, but that children
are not always able to express their
needs. As a result, she says, malnou
rished children usually have healthy
parents.
In poorer societies “it is more a
lack of food and money that causes
malnutrition, while here it is a lack
of knowledge that does,” Jackson
says.
The Children’s Protectors Service
operates under the Texas Depart
ment of Human Resources to inves
tigate possible cases of malnutrition.
The service defines malnutrition
of a child as physical neglect pre
venting the child from growing and
developing properly because of a
poor diet. Signs of malnutrition in
clude large eyes with dark circles un
derneath, a protruding stomach and
loose skin.
Adequate nutrition is defined as
consisting of three meals a day,
which may include “junk food.” A
child with minimal, but adequate nu
trition may be skinny but not malnu-
rished.
Jackson says fast foods often are
attacked as being junk foods, but
they can be nutritional.
“Just a hamburger can have meat,
lettuce, cheese and bread,” she says.
“That’s several important food
groups there.”
People who are struggling on a
fixed income can enjoy balanced di-
Sue Ann Jackson, supervi
sor of the Children’s Pro
tectors Service, says fast
foods are often attacked
as being junk foods, but
they can be nutritional.
ets, Jackson says. She says ham
burger and whole chicken are some
of the most nutritional meats for the
money. Stretchers such as macaroni,
rice, beans, breads and corn provide
key nutrients. Several day-old bread
stores sell a variety of bread prod
ucts at as much as one-third the
usual price, she says.
Dietary supplements such as mul
tivitamins should be taken with cau
tion, Jackson says.
“Vitamins like A and C in excess
can hurt you,” she says. “I believe
most nutritionists, given the choice
between vitamins and food, would
pick food. Food is better.”
Jackson says someone taking vita
mins should use multivitamins with
minerals. Children do not shop for
themselves and must depend on
their parents to make dietary deci
sions, she says. But, children are noi
the only victims of malnutrition.
The Adult Protection Service of
the Department of Human Re
sources helps the blind, aged and
disabled.
“Elderly people eat very little, es
pecially the poor,” says Albert Bena
vides, a staff member with the serv
ice. These people are limited in their
ability to prepare meals, Benavides
says, and malnutrition can result.
The service provides minimal care
for several hours a day if the individ
ual is over 18 years old, has func
tional limitations, an income ofless
than $(531.40 a month and are
source limit ofless than $5,000. Per
sonal property such as a home or
one automobile are not included in
the limit. The service receives most
of its clients f rom other agencies and
reports from concerned neighbors.
Feeding the elderly, people with
low incomes and people who are
home-bound is the primary concern
of the Meals On Wheels program,
says Annie Lee Thomas, director of
the service. More than 50 meals are
provided daily and transported to
individuals who meet the criteria es
tablished by the Department of Hu
man Resources.
Pregnant, lactating mothers and
women with children under five
years old may join the Women In
fants and Children program. The
Brazos Valley Community Action
Agency operates WIC as a nutritio
nal education program, says Sally
Thane, director of WIC. The pro
gram also provides a dietary assess
ment of families and keeps growth
charts of the children, she says.
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