Halifax campuses
Nutrition programming
Discovering and choosing healthy food and lifestyle choices can help keep your body and mind healthy, fuel your success, and improve your overall well-being.
Our health and wellness program includes a healthy menu strategy, as well as nutrition and other wellness initiatives that promote and support healthy lifestyles.
Our programming focuses on these so-called“4 Es”:
- Բa food environment that encourages health and well-being by offering a variety of healthy choices every day
- Educate,informand empower the communities we serve by providing evidence-based nutrition and wellness information
- Գdzܰa heightened level of interest and excitement about healthy and local choices
- Բa community that activelyparticipatesin and is connected to a culture of health and wellness
Registered dietitian
Halifax’s campusesare supported by registered dietitian, Liz Muggah, who designs and delivers nutrition-related programming, as well as supporting students one-on-onein navigating:
eating a balanced diet while living in residence
managingallergies and intolerances
managing nutrition-related chronic illnesses
nutrition for athletic performance
dining with religious or cultural considerations
nutrition solutions for university and residence life
residence dining menu questions
Truro campus
Our Food Services team in Truro is committed to:
offeringbalancedmenu items to promote healthier eating
usingicons toidentifyhealthy and sustainable menu choices
providing nutrition and wellness information through clear signage
providing nutritional information at point of sale
providingmenu options for special diets (e.g. vegan, gluten-free, kosher, halal, etc.)
- actively running seasonalwellness promotions
- NEW! Dietitian services will soon be available on the Truro campus. Check back for details.
If you have any specific dietary restrictions, we will do our best to accommodate them.
If you want to talk to someone about your food options, please email our Dietitian at dietitian.ac@dal.cato discuss accommodation before you arrive. If not,connect withDianna within your first week on campus to ensure you get offto a good start fora proper, healthy diet.
