E.A.T.E X P E R T S AT TA ST Eby Kent State Dining Services Special Wellness Edition

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Look for the Kent State Dining Services A Taste for Wellness logo at various dining locations on campus to take the necessary steps of eating well at all times. There will be additional tips from our dietitian to keep you on track.

Mindful is an approach that focuses on transparency of ingredients, delicious food, satisfying portions and clarity in message so that making Mindful choices becomes second nature. Look for these icons on menus across campus.

MyFitnessPal is an easy to use app that can be down- loaded on your iphone or Anroid. It can be used as a food diary, keeping track of your calories and even customizing a diet based o� of your weight loss goals. Using MyFitnessPal in conjunction with the Health and Wellness options o�ered around campus can help you take the next steps to a healthy lifestyle.

Bite lets you know what’s on the menu and provides full nutritional information on what you eat. It’s your own special eating companion, available wherever you are, 24/7.

Breakfast. Promotions. Lunch. Dinner. Nutritional Information. KNOW EVERY-THING – Bite by Sodexo.

This cookbook is a guide for students who want to consistently live a healthier lifestyle. It’s understood it is quick to grab food and go to your rooms, but by using the recipes provided in the cookbook, eating nutritiously is made easier. Try out some of these recipies in the Healthy Residence Hall Cooking cookbook under the “For Your Health” section on kent.edu/dining and share them with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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Eat Allergen-Free

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Focus on your future, not your food allergy.

Simple Servings, found at Eastway Café, is a station that provides students with food allergies or gluten intolerance a safe zone. Simple Servings features appetizing food choices free from FDA’s seven most common allergens which include: peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, wheat, soy, milk products and eggs.

We provide an entire menu of vegan and vegetarian dishes to choose from. Simply call ahead, order what you would like and pick up from one of the dining halls listed below. View full menu at: www.kent.edu/veggie-go-goEastway Café: 330-672-6229 | Prentice Café: 330-672-2687

We provide an entire menu of gluten-free dishes to choose from. Simply call ahead, order what you would like and pick up from Prentice Café. View full menu at:www.kent.edu/gluten-free-prentice-cafePrentice Café: 330-672-2687

Veggie A Go-Go:The Vegan/Vegetarian dining option

Gluten-Free To-Go:The Gluten-free dining option

Look for OPT Healthy, our vending o�er that makes healthy snacking easier. You’ll find OPT Healthy on vending machines throughout the Kent Campus.

Barcodes found on menus

Dining Services encourages students, faculty and sta� to live healthy by providing Health and Wellness options across campus.

Rich Roldan and Timothy Wright of Dining Services chose to take advantage of the resources o�ered by Dining Services to live a healthier lifestyle. They said their family and future motivates them to get through di�icult times and temptations of unhealthy foods.

“The older you get the harder it is to maintain your level of health,” Rich Roldan, the Director of Dining Services said. “Having a better lifestyle (influenced me to take healthy steps). Being able to have a healthy lifestyle for me, my family, my kids and be able to enjoy life in the future.”

Timothy Wright, Executive Chef said working around food makes it di�icult to stick to his diet, but keeping his end goal in mind keeps him on task.

“It’s hard for me here, in the environment as a campus chef because we taste things all the time,” Wright said. “Sometimes (tasting) spills over into ‘I tasted a piece of pizza now I have to have a piece instead of just a taste’. I guess it’s monitoring portion control.”

Wright said eating Mindful, an approach that focuses on nutritional ingredients, delicious food and satisfying portions, allows him to eat great food while staying on track of his eating habits.

Mindful logos can be found around campus at di�erent dining locations and markets. There are six logos to identify the Mindful options including Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Local, Organic and Mindful. The labels make eating healthy convenient and creates awareness of how abundant healthy choices are across campus.

“You don’t have to think about it,” Wright said. “You already know it’s lower in calories, salt, sugar and fat because it’s under the Mindful criteria.”

Dining Services also motivates students to use the online calorie counter, MyFitnessPal. On menus, at various dining locations, are barcodes which can be used to scan the menu item and gather details about the nutritional values of the meal. MyFitnessPal can be downloaded on mobile devices. The application also has the option to create diet plans tailored to the user’s body type.

Roldan said he uses MyFitnessPal in correlation with finding information and recipes on campus.

“I’ve been utilizing a lot of our recipes,” Roldan said. “If you get into the right habits early on you won’t struggle.”

Thanks for leading the way!

Dining’s Executive Management Choose a Healthier Lifestyle