Nutrition & Fitness
Busy college students often find themselves with too little time to maintain a nutritious diet and fitness program. The good news is that it's never too late to eat healthy meals and start an exercise routine. Every month during the academic year, the Student Health Center offers twenty-minute consultations with a Registered Dietician. The APEX has a fitness facility and the trainers there are always happy to show students how to use the equipment. To learn more about nutrition and fitness (such as how to read a food label and how to perform certain exercises correctly) take a look at the links below.
Nutrition
- How to Read a Food Label: Do food labels confuse you? Learn what all that stuff means and how it may affect your health.
- Adult Food Pyramid: Determine which foods—and how many servings of each— are healthiest to eat, and how many calories you need each day, based on your age, gender, and physical activity level.
- Test your Nutrition I.Q.: See how much you know about maintaining a healthy diet.
- Healthy Recipes: Take a look at these healthy recipes, and learn how to make food favorites that are more heart friendly.
Fitness
- Body Mass Index (B.M.I.) Calculator: This calculator can be helpful for the average person to determine whether they are underweight, overweight, or a healthy weight.
- Cardio Fitness: Learn about different fitness machines you can use and types of exercise you can get involved with that will help strengthen your heart and lungs and burn fat and calories.
- Strength Training: Learn about different weight-bearing and strength training activities to build muscle, burn fat and calories, and strengthen and define your body.
- Exercise Demonstrations: Check out these demos to learn how to properly perform different exercises (such a squats and crunches).
