Student Affairs : Student Health Center : Health and Wellness Promotion : Nutrition Program

Nutrition Program

Objective: To improve the nutritional knowledge and decision making regarding food selection of SJSU students.

Contact: Jennifer Waldrop MPH, RD (408) 924-6118 or Nutrition Education Action Team  (408) 924-6136.

Services:

Nutritional Counseling:

Nutritional counseling sessions address specific nutritional needs.  Recommendations are based on your level of knowledge, motivation, and metabolic needs.  We work together to develop a plan that will improve your potential to be as healthy as you can be! Please call (408) 924-6122 to schedule an appointment.

• Healthy and responsible food choices
• Lowering cholesterol
• Eating disorders
• Personalize nutritional evaluations
• Exercise promotion
• GI problems: i.e., GERD, IBS
• Body image
• Role of food in the prevention of disease
• Sports nutrition
• Vegetarian diet
• Vitamins and other food supplements
• Weight management

  Nutrition Education Action Team (NEAT):

           Voted the Best Student Organization of 2007!

• What is NEAT?
• What is required to join NEAT?
• Why join NEAT?

For more information you can call (408) 924 6136

General Nutrition Links:

• American Dietetic Association
• American Diabetes Association
• San Jose State Department of Nutrition
• Nutrition, Counseling, Education and Services
• National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
• American Medical Association
• Center for Disease Control
• Center for Science in the Public Interest 
• Federal Citizen Information Center
• Food and Nutrition Information Center, USDA

Links for Creating Nutrition and Exercise Programs:

• www.dairycouncilofca.org/activities/index.html 

          Personalized fitness and nutrition planners 

•  http://www.eatright.org             

          Click on “Food and Nutrition Information”

• www.diabetes.org

             Click on “Nutrition & Recipes,” Weight Loss & Exercise, or

             “Diabetes Prevention”

• http://www.vrg.org

              Vegetarian nutrition, recipes, books

• http://www.cspinet.org

              Nutrition science and reports; biotechnology information

• http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov

             Order free booklets on health and nutrition

• http://www.acefitness.org

             Tips on health, fitness, nutrition, supplements, and sports.