{"id":59,"date":"2004-07-20T02:10:10","date_gmt":"2004-07-20T08:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2004-07-20T02:10:10","modified_gmt":"2004-07-20T08:10:10","slug":"how-to-avoid-nutritional-disaster-when-college-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/2004\/07\/20\/how-to-avoid-nutritional-disaster-when-college-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"How to avoid nutritional disaster when college begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Juliano in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scripps.com\/\">Scripps Howard Foundation Wire<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Students not used to living away from home can be tempted by ubiquitous unhealthy options in dining halls and fast food restaurants, and they might not know what healthy alternatives are available.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The greatest point of vulnerability for college students is when they first leave home in their freshman year,&#8221; said Madelyn Fernstrom, director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center&#8217;s Weight Management Center.<\/p>\n<p>Because students are usually up late, they should &#8220;barter some calories for late night eating&#8221; by having smaller meals during the day, Fernstrom said. She recommends one slice of pizza, for instance, as a midnight snack instead of half a pie.<\/p>\n<p>The late night pizza run can be avoided altogether if a student&#8217;s dorm room is stocked with healthy alternatives such as fruit, yogurt and nuts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxstudio.com\/shns\/story.cfm?pk=SCHOOL-EATWELL-07-19-04&amp;cat=LS\">Full Story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Juliano in Scripps Howard Foundation Wire reports: Students not used to living away from home can be tempted by ubiquitous unhealthy options in dining halls and fast food restaurants, and they might not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyresource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}