With the start of a new year and a new semester, change is in the air! A resolution is often what many people commit to, hoping that this change will create a better version of themselves. The most popular are often related
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Nutrition In yoU: Veg Out
As part of the Employee Assistant Program’s Brown Bag Lunch series, Dietetic Intern, Jessica Maturrano, presented on December 5th about the topic of plant based diets. Throughout her presentation, Jessica reviewed common concerns that people often have about plant based diets, such
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Nutrition In yoU: Give Thanks by Reducing Food Waste
With thanksgiving fast approaching, the start of the holiday season is here. I could feel it yesterday, as I ventured out to make some baked goods. Now, for many, this may be a common occurrence. Yet, for me, this is a huge
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Nutrition In yoU: Insight into Liquid “Calories”
With the start of the holiday season comes the start of family outings and holiday parties. Often, social events include the consumption of food and alcoholic beverages. Being a nutrition and dietetics student, I am often approached with the following questions. Which
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Nutrition In yoU: What’s the deal with dairy?
Dairy-free, gluten free, sugar free, fat free, and the list just keeps on going. If you haven’t noticed already, people love to be free, from nutrients that is. The dairy-free always boggles my mind because I feel like it is more of
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Students present at STEM educators conference
Nutrition and Dietetics students Georgia McArtney and Kelly Furr recently attended Bridging the Gap, the North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research (NCABR) annual conference for STEM Educators. Both served as conference volunteers and presented a poster, “Simplifying science with FAN cards: Creating and
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Nutrition In yoU: Meet DI Rachel Bagne, learn about family meal planning
With a long day at work or school, how can someone possibly construct a gourmet meal for their family? It’s a lot simpler than you think. The No. 1 tip is planning. Just think how easy and convenient it would be to
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Nutrition In yoU: Meet DI Emily Burns
Meet Dietetic Intern Emily Burns What got you into nutrition? I obviously love food! I also love helping people. Nutrition has always been a part of my life. At a young age, I was “overweight” as a child and was taken to
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NIU professor co-authors position paper on nutrition programs
NIU Assistant Professor Priyanka Ghosh Roy along with Theresa Stretch of the Institute of Child Nutrition of the University of Mississippi, have updated The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics position paper on federally funded youth nutrition assistance programs. According to the paper “Child and Adolescent Federally
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School of Health studies gets its first chair
The College of Health and Human Sciences, School of Health Studies has its first chair. Jeanne M. Isabel, an award-winning educator and former NIU Medical Laboratory Sciences program director, will take over the role June 1. “Dr. Isabel is a respected leader
Read moreFaculty and staff research publications 2017
The faculty and staff at the College of Health and Human Sciences continually conduct research and publish their findings in academic journals and industry publications throughout the year. The following is a list of all published works by CHHS faculty and staff
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Nutrition and Dietetics students earn scholarships
Congratulations are in order for two NIU Nutrition and Dietetic students who were awarded scholarships from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation. Georgia McArtney earned the Colonel Frances G. Ballentine Scholarship Fund for $3,000. Megan Farris, also an NIU Nutrition and Dietetics
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