University
of La Verne
Restaurant Services
1950 3rd Street
La Verne, CA,
91750
The WELLNESS & YOU! PROGRAM
Choices For Your Good Health
an online resource for the latest nutrition, health news, fun food facts and tips for staying fit.
Today's students care about what they eat. They have grown up in homes where nutrition and health consciousness are part of everyday life. Sodexho realizes that just offering fresh, delicious, nutritious food isn't enough. We must educate our customer. This is the kind of learning that takes place out of the "classroom" and provides University of La Verne students with the extra help they may need.
With the assistance of a consulting Registered Dietitian (RD), we provide a comprehensive nutrition program that includes not only monitoring menus, but an entire education schedule. We will customize a program for the specific needs of each individual. Our efforts will focus on different types of nutrition education through varied channels of communication to maximize participation.
A Nutrition Newsletter will be published and distributed quarterly on campus. Our newsletter will include healthy eating tips, highlight upcoming menus and special events, and include current national trends. The newsletter will also feature a question and answer section to address customer's nutritional questions.
Lunch Box Seminars will be scheduled each quarter. These seminars will be publicized in advance with the featured topic and a pre designated location. Our consulting RD will coordinate two 30 minute sessions about current health issues and answer individual questions. The participants may be students, faculty or staff.
Wellness Center - Nutritional information cards for each item on the menu is provided from our Wellness Center. This Center also highlights Wellness topics each month from national agencies such as AMA, ADA, and the American Heart Association.
The Nutrition Center - These centers will be placed in each Resident Dining location to feature even more diet and nutrition information. This center also includes our Nutritional Analysis Book which offers complete nutritional information on all of our recipes.
Individual Guidance - On a periodic basis, the RD will be available to meet with students or faculty/staff members individually to discuss their personal dietary needs. Whether this means developing a special diet or just answering questions about healthier eating, the RD will offer advice and assist however possible. The frequency of his or her visits will depend on the demand of customers.
Wellness and You! - Wellness/ 'wel-nes/ n.: The quality or state of being in good health. Wellness is a concept that involves several dimensions: physical, emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual and occupational. Nutrition plays a part in the total concept. In an effort to help customers meet their goal of total Wellness, Sodexho has designed a program called . . . WELLNESS AND YOU!
Wellness and You! is a nutrition and lifestyle plan that draws on the strong and growing national interest in fitness and healthy eating. It spins off previously successful Sodexho programs such as Good, Better, Best; Trim Cuisine; and, Nutrition on the Run. It reflects requests from Sodexho's clientele for a comprehensive, professional and easy-to-implement nutrition program which incorporates all of the earlier efforts.
Wellness and You! was developed by a task force of food and service management operators, registered dietitians, athletic trainers, menu planners, procurement and distribution specialists, chefs and marketing professionals. The program enables us to offer superior service and it holds the possibility of increased sales.
Wellness and You! is comprehensive. It consists of six modules: the Basic Module, which offers an ongoing program, and five supplementary modules, each of which addresses a key health topic. Each module has its own exclusive consumer promotion designated as the Signature Series. Contents of the six modules and their Signature Series are:
- BASIC MODULE - Emphasizes a well-balanced diet (including food from the four food groups) and maintaining an overall healthy lifestyle.
- CANCER AWARENESS - Emphasizes use of fiber in your daily diet. The supporting Signature Series features four fiber breakfast choices.
- FITNESS & EXERCISE - Emphasizes proper eating habits for those customers who exercise regularly. The Signature Series features four items from a Trainer's Lunch box.
- WOMEN & WELLNESS - Emphasizes women's nutritional needs. The Signature Series features four items from a Calcium-Rich lunch.
- HEART HEALTHY - Emphasizes proper eating and lifestyle habits to aid in reducing heart disease. The Signature Series features four items from a Heart Healthy lunch.
- WEIGHT MANAGEMENT - Targeted to those customers interested in beginning a weight reduction program or who just want to maintain their weight. The Signature Series features dishes from a lite lunches to a taste-tempting desserts.
Our nutrition programs provide an unprecedented level of customer satisfaction at University of La Verne. Our on-campus marketing team is dedicated to the entire coordination of this exclusive program including: planning and executing the many seminars; maintaining the nutrition information centers as well as distributing the newsletters, flyers and other communication pieces. Of course, as with all of our programs, our marketing specialists are always interested in seeking more feedback to determine that we have in fact hit the mark in this critical area of customer concern.
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