Nutrition Services  Dining Services strives to provide students, staff, faculty, and guests with a wide variety of nutritious and enjoyable food selections daily. The University of Richmond's Feeding Fitness is in place to help you make the right choices for your dietary needs. Whether you are trying to prevent the infamous "Freshman 15" or just trying to maintain a balanced approach to menu planning, we have the information in place to guide you with your choices. In each of the dining locations on campus, look for the Feeding Fitness symbol or items labeled in green. The information provided is based on the American Dietetic Association's recommendations for a healthy diet and includes foods which contain 30% or fewer calories from fat.
Nutrition Calculator
	Click on the Feeding Fitness symbol to use the UR Nutrition Calculator!  The Nutrition Calculator calculates the nutrition facts for all of the dining services locations on campus!  It will also allow you to see which foods are Feeding Fitness healthy selections, which foods contain peanuts, tree nuts, pork, fish, shellfish and are vegan or vegetarian!  Take a minute, follow the three easy steps, and calculate your way to healthy meal planning!

Nutrition Counseling

The University of Richmond offers free and confidential nutritional counseling and nutritional assistance, available to all students, faculty, and staff. If you need help with weight gain, weight loss, food allergies, eating disorders, special diets, medical disorders, diabetes, deciding what is healthy, or need other nutritional advice, please feel free to take advantage of the special service.
To discuss a special diet need or to schedule an appointment please call
(804)289-8512.                         

FOOD ALLERGIES
Dining services strives to meet the dietary needs of every student. Our goal is to provide a well balanced diet for all of our guests, including those with food allergies.    

Food Allergy Policy:

1.  A student must provide documentation from an approved health professional on diagnosis and recommendation for food avoidances. In addition, the student may be requested to meet with the campus physician.
2.  The student must schedule a meeting with the staff dietitian, Carolyn Powell, in order to accommodate needs with the Heilman Dining Center.
3.  If necessary, dining services will prepare special meals and/or obtain a limited amount of dry food products in order to fulfill a complete balanced meal.

All other requests will be evaluated. This process may involve a meeting with the student, dietitian, and director of dining services.

While every effort is made to identify allergic ingredients to those counseled, there is always a risk of contamination with allergic ingredients.  There is also a possibility that manufacturers of the commercial foods we use could change the formulation at any time, without notice. As well, the Heilman Dining Center is a self-service establishment; therefore control of cross-contamination is not possible. You need to be aware of this risk, recognizing that neither dining services nor myself will assume any liability for adverse reactions to foods you may consume or come in contact with while eating at any University establishment.

Please use the Nutrition Calculatorto determine which food items contain nuts.  Look for the nut symbol.




Eating Disorders 

If you are dealing with an eating, body image, and/or exercise problem, the first step is to talk to someone.  The University of Richmond has several on-campus resources you can use to help guide you to a healthier mind and body! 

Registered Dietitian: (804) 289-8512
Counseling & Psychological Services: (804) 289-8119
Health Center: (804) 289-8064
IMAGES & Wellness Program: (804) 289-8464
Athletic Training: (804) 289-8393
WC Dean's Office: (804) 289-8468
RC Dean's Office: (804) 289-8061

• What is an eating disorder?
• Causes of eating disorders
• Athletes and eating disorders
• Every body is different!
• Health consequences of eating disorders
• Ten steps to positive body image
• Twenty ways to love your body
• Treatment of eating disorders
• How to help a friend with eating and body image issues
• What should I say? Tips for talking to a friend who may be struggling with an eating disorder.
• Find a treatment provider in your area

Step Up to a Healthier You... My Pyramid

USDA has created a new food guide pyramid!  Go to www.mypyramid.gov and develop your personalized nutrition plan.  Under the My Pyramid Plan, fill out your age, sex, and physical activity to help determine the number of serving from each food group you should be getting daily!

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