Nutrition Services
Welcome to Nutrition at Student Health Services! This section of the website contains information that describes the services offered by SHS that can help you achieve and maintain personal health and well-being.
Nutrition
Have you found yourself wondering...
- Is it possible for me to eat healthy while at college?
- What are some healthy snacks that will satisfy my midnight munchies?
- What are some healthier foods I can stock my 'fridge with?
To find the answers to these and other nutrition questions, call Student Health Services to make an appointment with a staff Registered Dietitian. How do I make an appointment and what can I expect during an appointment?
There are 2 types of services provided: Individual Counseling and Outreach programs.
Make an appointment with one of the Dietitians if you need help with:
- Basic nutrition
- Vegetarian nutrition
- Eating disorders
- Weight gain or loss
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- Diabetes
- Cholesterol
- Gastro-intestinal disorders
- Or any other nutrition-related issues
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We also have a sports nutritionist on staff for UConn athletes and teams.
What is a registered dietitian?
A Registered Dietitian (RD) is a food and nutrition expert. RDs have nutrition training and clinical experience, and are certified by the American Dietetics Association. All of the Student Health Service's dietitians are RDs.
Wellness
The mission of the University of Connecticut Student Health Services Wellness Program is to promote the emotional, environmental, intellectual, physical, social and spiritual well-being of UConn students.
What is Wellness?
Wellness is a multidimensional approach to achieving optimal health and well-being. Wellness encompasses emotional, environmental, intellectual, physical, social, spiritual, multicultural, and occupational well-being. You're in luck because wellness opportunities abound on the UConn campus! If you're not sure where to start Student Health Services can help. Contact us to arrange an appointment with the Nutrition staff or check out some of these websites for ideas for how to achieve wellness through various activities offered around campus.
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UConn Recreational Department
We are your one stop for recreational needs. If you want to play in an organized basketball league or if you just want to shoot hoops on your own time and play a pick up game, we are here for you. If you feel like pumping iron or getting that heart rate up by running on a treadmill, we're for you. If you just want to get away from the pressures of college life, we are DEFINITELY for you.
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Nutrition Office Mission
Nutrition Services aims to provide high quality services pertaining to nutrition, physical activity, eating disorders, and body image through individual counseling, presentations, and fairs. Registered Dietitians and Exercise Specialists motivate and assist students to achieve their personal health goals through scientifically proven models.
Nutrition Services' Cookbook
Contact & Location
- Student Health Services Building
2nd floor
234 Glenbrook Road.
- Nutrition Office - 486-0771
- Appointments - 486-2719
- Meet Our Staff!
"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well."
- Virginia Woolf
2008 Health Fair
FAN Fair
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