Online Service Allows Students to Track, Plan Nutritional Intake.

AScribe Health News Service, October, 2007

Byline: Purdue University

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- With students increasingly concerned about maintaining healthy diets, Purdue is among a growing number of universities to launch an online service to provide students with healthy food for thought about the meals they are eating in university dining facilities.

The Purdue University Residences' NetNutrition Web site allows diners to click on menu items they consumed and in what quantity. Once entered, they receive instantaneous nutritional feedback, including the amount of consumed calories, fat, carbohydrates, cholesterol and protein. The software also calculates what percentage of the recommended daily allowance of each nutrient has been consumed. With most Purdue dining...

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