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Healthy Dorm Eating
November 22, 2007
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Dorm rooms are not known for delectable dishes much less healthy ones. Dillon
Cohen knows what a healthy diet entails but he says it’s hard to fit one into his
college lifestyle. “Taking as many credits as I am and being so busy it’s hard to
get in three square meals a day.”
Marjorie Chutkan is a nutritionist for Lee Memorial Health System. She says Dillon’s
attitude is not unusual. “The typical college student diet is usually junk food,
anything they can get their
hands on very quickly and eating out,” says Marjorie.
Dillon admits his kitchen is full of frozen pizzas and microwavable meals. He says
he eats, “Things that are quick. Pizza, easy-Mac macaroni and cheese and cold cuts
or I just head over to campus and get some food from the cafeteria.”
But the college cafeteria can also pose problems for some students. Marjorie says, “They will go to the all you can eat dining room and it means all you can eat so
they forget they can try different foods on different days so they want to try everything
at one time so that usually can be a problem.”
As for solutions, Marjorie says to pace yourself in the dining hall. “You go in
and you take a salad just have one meal because remember for the rest of the time
they’ll be the same kinds of meals you can try.”
She also advises students to stock up on snacks that are good for them. “Keep healthy
snacks in your dorm room, popcorn, pretzels, nut butters, whole wheat breads and
English muffins.” Marjorie says students should also keep coffee, soda and energy
drinks to a minimum. Water is the best bet when it comes to fluids. She says water
is the best bet when it comes to fluids.
Nutritionists say college students also tend to pack on extra pounds because they’re not as active as they used to be.
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