Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Keeping it off
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Nutrition expert talks about losing and maintaining weight ELENA SHUFELT
staff writer
Students and community members “learned from losers” in a presentation about weight management Tuesday. Anne Fletcher, a nutrition expert and dietician with a master’s in nutrition science, presented “Learning From Losers: Healthy Weight Management for a Lifetime.” For nearly 20 years, she has studied people who have lost weight and kept it off, and now the author and presenter shares the success stories
she found to inspire people around the nation. “Ultimately you have to believe that it can be done, and one of the best ways to do it is to turn to successful role models,” said Fletcher. Fletcher said students can have issues with weight because they are away from home and might not know how to prepare their own food, the cost could be a problem, or they could have a meal plan that allows them to eat bigger portions
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Fletcher is a nutrionist who has written several books about healthy eating and maintaining weight.
Saying thanks by giving back
Campus Kitchen’s annual Turkeypalooza to provide Thanksgiving dinners to Mankato-area families in need ALESHA SULLIVAN
Volunteers are needed to: • Donate $50 to help sponsor a special turkey dinner •Help cook and package: 5 p.m. Monday in the Intercultural Student Center •Deliver food from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday
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For more information contact Campus Kitchen
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For most Americans, it might be hard to imagine not having a warm, safe place to sleep at night or worrying about when and where their next meal might be. However, these are real-life concerns for many families and individuals across the country. About three million people are homeless in the United States each year, and roughly 9,000 individuals experience homelessness each night in Minnesota alone. In addition, 12 percent of the U.S. population suffers from
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food insecurity or hunger, and in Minnesota, almost 10 percent of people are unable to provide sufficient food for their household. Poverty is essentially linked to homelessness and hunger. Two main factors that contribute to increasing poverty in the United States are decreased employment opportunities for a high percentage of the workforce and an economic recession that has radically taken its toll on many social services for the population. In Mankato, 19 percent of citizens are homeless or in need
of food assistance. Luckily, programs and charities throughout the country are putting in extra efforts to help stop the rise of homelessness and hunger. “Campus Kitchen has involved over 7,000 students at MSU in packaging and delivering over 375 meals per week to area homeless and families in need of food assistance,” said Campus Kitchen Coordinator Samantha Eckerson. Campus Kitchen is one of the many hunger relief organizations powered by college students in an
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