The Cadre -
30 March 1999
CAMPUS 11
What are Nutrition Walks?
By MARY ACORN
Television, radio, newspapers, and magazines continuously bombard us with information about what we should and shouldn’t be eating. Once we hear a fact we go around and spread the word to all we know. Well, at least I will admit to it. And we take on this frame of thinking that we have supe- rior knowledge about nutri- tion. Oh, how wrong we can be.
There is hope. There’s a fun, fast, and easy way to get our information straight. I’m talking about nutrition walks.
Recently, nutrition walks have been popping up in some of the major grocery stores, like the Atlantic Superstore and Sobeys.
Nutrition walks are like an hour and a half store survey with an overview ofa basic nutrition course on top.
I was very curious about what these nutrition walks were all about since I am a Nutritional Sciences
Events in the
By MARY ACORN
What do you know about the Deptartment of Family and Nutritional Sci- ences? Not much? Well, there are plenty of neat classes and events in this de-
It was ms by the students of the ial, Cultural, and Psychological Aspects of Food” class.
The students each rep- resented a country by prepar- ing authentic dishes from that country and learning about
student, so I decided to check it out.
Both the Superstore and Sobeys offer the walk around once a week, depend- ing on demand. | ended up doing the Superstore walk.
The walks are done by registered dieticians at both Superstore and Sobeys. Cheryl Turnbull-Bruce has been doing the walk with Sobeys since the fall of 1998, and Pam Balderston has been with Superstore for a year and a half.
The walks usually take place in the evening. There are a few differences in the two grocery stores. For in- stance, the Sobeys walk takes about a half an hour longer than the Superstore walk and
start off with a 45 minute talk in a staff/conference room before heading out into the store. The group of peo- le also tends to be a bit arger, with approximately 10-12 people compared to 6- 8 people at the Superstore. : am not wees that the Sobeys walk is more popu- lar
the country through the
Eight different cul- tures were represented. They included Greece, Cuba, Tai- wan, East India, Japan, Phillipines, New Mexico,
and ;
The great thing was if you attended this Mialight you to try these delight- ful dishes.
The cost of attending was $2 for students and $4 for non-students. A full meal for only $2 is the best deal I've
in a long time.
If you're interested in attending the next multi-cul-
‘Department of Family: and Nutritional Sciences .
The overall message | received during the walk was to follow the Canada’s Food Guide and learn to read labels properly so that you really know what you're eating in the one sitting.
There was a large em- phasis placed on fat and cho- lesterol. Participants are given a handy little book on measuring fat and how much fat we can have in our dict.
Okay, | know that stu- dents have such a busy life- style that it’s difficult to re- member to eat, let alone to cat a balanced diet. But if you do have the opportunity to go on a nutrition walk, take it. | thought I knew a lot about nutrition before, but | defi- nitely learned a lot more.
You can find out when nutrition walks are available through the grocery stores and they are sometimes ad- vertised in the newspaper. ,
if want to learn’ some valuable information, on health and nutrition that- can help you throughout your life, then I highly recommend | the nutrition walks. ;
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