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IFESTYLES
It does the body good
With many college students not eating properly, expei
suggest picking up the greens and putting down the burgf
By Stephen Wells
Stajf writer
“I
1 t’s OK to get some fast food right now.
I’ll get groceries tomorrow.”
, Many Aggies have at one point thought
these words to themselves. Some even believe
them. The rest just accept the facts as they ex
ist and throw their dietary fates to the wind.
The end result is the same all over America.
College students, while working hard to secure
a good future for themselves, are giving their
future health the short shrift by cutting corners
on eating right.
The National Fluid Milk Processor Promo
tion Board estimates 82 percent of college
women and 55 percent of college men are not
meeting their calcium requirements.
Human bones continue to grow in density
until the third decade of life. People who do not
meet calcium requirements are more likely to
suffer from osteoporosis and fractured bones.
Vicki Beck, administrative dietitian for Food
Services at Texas A&M, cites an article explain
ing how low vegetable consumption is among
college students. College students generally eat
far too few vegetables, especially women. Even
women in the 75th percentile for consuming
vegetables do not eat enough greens.
“Many college students choose fast type of
foods more often than foods that are more nu
trient-dense,” Beck said. “A student will usual
ly choose french fries instead of a baked pota
to or fried chicken instead of baked chicken. In
a fast food world we usually eat foods that are
fried instead of cooked.”
Students also have problems when they ne
glect just one area of their diet.
“Balance is important,” Beck said. “People
get into trouble when they try to cut one thing
out of their diet.”
Esther Dick, graduate nutrition student,
said the hardest part about a student’s eating
habits is balancing a busy schedule and prop
er nutrition.
“College students are definitely eating on the
run,” she said. “I think when I first got here, I tried
to have three meals a day, but it got to where I
was skipping the meals. It’s easier to grab a Pop
Tart and run to class than to fix a meal.”
It is also a daunting task to cook recipes in
tended to feed several and try to finish the large
dish with a roommate.
“Why not just put out those leftovers in con
tainers to portion out later?” Dick said.
There are some simple steps that will get
students on the road to eating healthier. One of
the easiest ways to eat healthy and still keep a
tight time schedule is to buy a meal plan.
“In the dining facilities, we have items that
will meet any need you have,” Beck said.
“There is enough selection and variety that you
can do what you want to do.”
However, some students have problems
with the meal plan. Peter Duong, a sophomore
chemistry major, said the dining facilities can
get boring.
“It just gets tiring,” Duong said. “Every day
you go to the same place and eat the same food.
You have to eat somewhere else sometimes.”
Ben Braly, a junior industrial distribution
major, said he prefers the taste and conve-
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MSC Political Forum Presents:
Implications of the
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jEuT Balanced Budget Agreement
September 17, 1997
7:00 PM
MSC 292 B
A panel discussion with:
Dr. James Anderson
Professor of Political Science,
The George Bush School of Government & Public Service
Dr. Donald Deere
Associate Director for Academic Programs, Bush School
Associate Professor of Economics
Dr. Thomas Saving
Director of the Private Enterprise Research Centerff
Montgomery Professor of Economics
The views expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those
of MSC Political Forum, the MSC , or Texas A&M.
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nience of fast food to the dining facilities.
Yet for those who must make their own
meals. A few key points will keep any student
eating well.
“When you buy groceries and make your
food decisions, keep in mind the food pyramid
and incorporate those ideas into your eating,
then you’ll be O.K.,” Beck said. “Mix up the
food,” Dick said. “You don’t necessarily have to
eat healthy all the time but eat different
things.”
Teamwork in watching dieting and working
out also contributes to overall health.
“If you have a friend to go to the dining cen
ter with or to go to the Rec Center with, you can
hold each other accountable,” Dick said.“I
help a lot.”
Some people will say dietary supplements]
great and some people will not even mel
them. It boils down to a matter of preferem
“Your first choice should be to makegi
food choices,” Dick said. “As far as food
plements, use them as a complement togl
food choice. You shouldn’t use them to rep!
something.”
Though sometimes the choices college
dents are forced to make are not alwaysaset
as a true-false question, one thing is for cert
Five beers will never make a good substitute
a sandwich.
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