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Clinic partners with students to offer walking club

Clinic partners with students to offer walking club

Annslee Wilson • November 12, 2014

A group of UA nutrition students has teamed up with Tuscaloosa’s Good Samaritan Clinic to begin the first student-led weight loss clinic. The Good Samaritan Clinic is a nonprofit Christian ministry...

Lost in the food desert

Lost in the food desert

Emily Williams • September 7, 2014

At 9 p.m. in Alberta City, the Piggly Wiggly grocery store closes for the evening. The next closest store is Winn-Dixie, almost two miles down the road. For residents with a car, the commute is no problem,...

Youth camp teaches media literacy

Youth camp teaches media literacy

July 8, 2014

The Health Communication Research Lab’s nutrition camp for elementary school children, which starts July 14, is fun and games on the outside, but results from years of research and a passion for decreasing...

Nutrition tips to feed your “App”etite

Lindsey OBrien • February 1, 2012

These days, you can’t walk three feet without seeing a person with some form of technology in their hands. Whether it’s an iPod, smartphone, laptop or tablet, today’s society likes its information...

Autumn-inspired ideas for your breakfast

Lindsey OBrien • November 7, 2011

Nutrition students and professors at UA are taking part in a national movement to decrease childhood obesity and assure the healthy development of our nation’s children.          The American...

Pulse: Read the label

CW Staff • March 23, 2010

By JoLee Seaborn Nutrition labels are printed on every packaged food sold in the United States. You would be surprised how many Americans don’t look at them at all and have no idea what they mean. Knowing...