Nutrition
http://www.newsweek.com/id/215362
I found this article to be interesting being as we are in a school that encourages healthy lifestyles but yet seems to do it in the right ways. As far as I am aware we do not have any of the calorie count cards that the article talks about and i think that is a good thing for alot of people. I myself am underweight and do not eat nearly as much food as i should be eating each day and i feel that if those cards or calorie counters were being thrown in my face all day that i would probobly feel even more uncomfortable with the types and amount of food I am eating. I feel like what i was eating would constantly be on my mind and that i wouldn’t be able to focus on anything else as much.
I appreciate the fact that UNCA gives us the option to eat a somewhat healthy meal in the cafeteria. I have visited a couple other universities and have noticed that their cafeterias do not offer the same kind of homecooked meals that our school does. Most school offer a cafeteria that is equip with only fast food restaurants that have little to no vegetarian of vegan options. they have the occasional salad bar and the option to get cheese pizza but for the most part the selection is limited to a wide array of processed food.
In my opinion, instead 0f schools providing you with calorie cards so you can gage what you are eating, they should provide you with healthy food instead of processed food. I’m rather confused as to why Yale would do it the way the article claims. Why cant they just cut out the horrible processed food that is so bad for you??
