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Eastern’s campus includes a variety of options for eating, drinking, and snacking. This area in the campus recreational center is a popular location that students use to relieve themselves during exercise sessions. The vending machines include water, sports drinks, pops, and junky snacks. While this can be seen as a resource, it triggers a series of questions. Although the availability of snacks and beverages are present, how well are the current options benefitting users of the recreational center? Would the students benefit more from a smoothie option or machine that sells protein bars as opposed to chips that are high in sodium? Does the presence of certain options cause a paradox between performing to maintain healthy bodies and potentially unhealthy dieting? Also, how can the departments of Nutrition and Dietetics or Public Health be of service to the student population, by encouraging more healthy options and practices in this campus setting?
