Last week, the university’s new health organization, Healthy UNH, was at Stillings dining Hall, offering students healthier alternatives to the usual lunch fare.
Healthy UNH had a table at Stillings, Monday through Thursday, which featured information for students about the organization and how to choose healthier food options while Dining Services served only food with “guiding stars.”
Stillings manager Andrew Porter said the lunches consisted of recipes that were already in their system, but were the healthiest options.
“We offered our daily fare,” Porter said. “However, we chose a menu where everything had guiding stars.”
The guiding stars program is also new to the university and is a way for students to choose healthier options in the dining hall through a system that rates food items on a 100 calorie basis from no stars, meaning there is little nutritional value, to three stars, meaning the best nutritional value.
“One of the points of guiding stars is to get people aware of the healthier choices they can make,” Porter said.
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