By Emma Slattery, Student NutritionistWith the Anytime Dining plan, you can go any dining hall at any time of the day and anything to eat. The only draw back is getting to the dining halls to eat. Back in the hayday of a meal plan with points students could take food out and bring it with them {to classes, their room, a meeting}. With this option gone as a sustainability measure, students now must make time in their busy schedule to eat- or go without eating. As a nutrition major it is common sense for me to plan my schedule around meals- food is practically all I think about at any given moment and skipping a meal is unthinkable. Unfortunately a majority of young adults have a strong tendency to skip meals if they feel a time crunch, according to a review in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, of 50% of young adults skip one meal a day (men are more likely to skip breakfast and women are more likely to skip either lunch or dinner) and it was found that a lack of time was the main reason young adults skip meals. As college students we certainly are on a time crunch as we juggle classes, extracurriculars, jobs or internships, and the social aspects of campus life. But with dining halls across campus and an inclusive meal plan there is no reason to go without eating! Breakfast: To make time for breakfast you just have to set your alarm a little earlier to grab something before heading off to class. While many students are not apt to do this, other alternatives include:
Lunch: Sit down with a schedule of your classes and take a look at when you can make it to the dining hall for an afternoon meal. While it is understandable that some days there are few breaks between classes you can:
Dinner: While breakfast and lunch times are primarily dictated by class schedules, dinner convenience tends to be an issue of motivation:
If you really need more motivation to make it to the dining hall feel free to peruse these studies on the effect of food intake memory , eating rate on food intake, and energy intake and distractability.
2 Comments
Jonathan
2/4/2018 07:46:51 pm
Hey there!
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Emma Slattery
2/8/2018 06:14:42 am
Hi Jonathan,
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