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College or university is a critical period regarding unhealthy changes in eating behaviours in students. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore which factors influence Belgian (European) university students’ eating behaviour, using a qualitative research design.

This research article mentions some different reasons than the previous post of why college students stray away from eating healthy. Reasons include: individual factors (e.g. taste preferences, self-discipline, time and convenience), their social networks (e.g. (lack of) parental control, friends and peers), physical environment (e.g. availability and accessibility, appeal and prices of food products), and macro environment (e.g. media and advertising). Being aware of these reasons can help maintain a healthy diet.

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Living On or Off Campus Matters

This research article mentions some of the main problems that college students face when eating on campus or off campus. To maintain a healthy diet, it is important to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and follow the Healthy Eating Plate and choosemyplate.gov to stay on track. 

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This website helps you plan out meals and what to buy at the grocery store to fulfill your nutrition needs. The Healthy Eating Plate in the previous post addresses some flaws with this website. However, it is still a great resource to stay on budget while also eating healthy. The website provides many tips to the options that are available to you.

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The Healthy Eating Plate, created by nutrition experts at Harvard School of Public Health and editors at Harvard Health Publications, was designed to address deficiencies in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s MyPlate. The Healthy Eating Plate provides detailed guidance, in a simple format, to help people make the best eating choices.

Like the CDC’s outline of what food you should eat, The Healthy Eating Plate provides a more detailed list of both what you should eat and foods you should avoid. The article emphasizes using healthy oils and being aware of the type of carbohydrates you’re consuming. The best option to eat healthy food is to make your own food; you can follow the choosemyplate.gov tips to see what types of groceries to get to create a healthy eating diet.

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A healthy lifestyle involves many choices. Among them, choosing a balanced diet or healthy eating plan. So how do you choose a healthy eating plan? Learn more...

The CDC provides a general outline to what foods you can eat to be healthy while also enjoying it. Things like calcium-rich food and fresh fruit and vegetables. To see a more detailed listing, look at the Healthy Eating Plate. All the restaurants mentioned thus far have lacked vegetables and fruits so make sure to get some from the district market or Safeway.

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Saigon Deli is a Vietnamese restaurant on  4142 Brooklyn Ave NE. It’s a bit farther than Greenhouse if you live near West Campus but the food is good and the price is fair. They serve pho, a variety of rice plates as well as sandwiches. Like many of the other restaurants, there’s a lack of vegetables and fruits, however you can request and add more bean sprouts to your pho to get more of the vegetable section of the Healthy Eating Plate.

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I’ve only really had the pho and spring rolls at this restaurant, but they taste great and the rice plates aren’t bad either. If you’re looking for authentic pho or vietnamese food, you may be disappointed, but If you are just looking for some noodles and soup, I would recommend going here. 

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Sushi Town is a restaurant that serves sushi on conveyor belts. Sushi comes on small color plates and each color represents the price of that plate. You can also order specific sushi or Udon from the menu. This restaurant is located on the Ave and is a bit expensive if you go in hungry. This place is more for the taste aspect and leans towards the unhealthy type of foods. There is a lack of whole grains, vegetables and fruits and only contains limited amounts of protein. This is arguably the least healthy option in the list of restaurants I’ve mentioned.

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Because of its pricey food, I would recommend going with a group of friends for a celebration like a birthday or after midterms are done. The sushi and sashimi they have are fresh and tasty. This restaurant is  a bit farther than the other places mentioned thus far so it would be better to go during the weekend or when you have more time.

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Cultivate is another restaurant that many UW students go to eat in their first year. Unlike Local Point, Cultivate has a much more expensive selection of foods. They serve food such as Caesar salad, salmon, bbq pork and steak at a price range of $10-$18. In terms of proximity, Cultivate is also very close to West Campus dorms. The options for vegetables here is a lot more than either Greenhouse or Local point, so this is not bad place to eat to maintain a healthy diet. 

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My experiences with Cultivate has not been the best, mostly because the two times that I’ve gone there, the quality of food was not up to my expectations and the food is pretty expensive so that makes the experience even worse. I would only recommend this restaurant if you have a lot of money left in your dining account and need to use it before the end of the year, otherwise, you’ll probably have a bad time.

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Greenhouse is a Korean restaurant that’s located on  4106 Brooklyn Ave NE. It is very close to the west campus dorms and provides lots of tasty Korean dishes. There’s over 30 different options to choose from and the price is reasonable, ranging from $6 to $16. There’s also a good amount of food so you won’t be hungry for a while.  However, like Local Point, there’s not many options available to get fruits and vegetables. There is one dish called Poke don which contain a variety of vegetables and raw fish, but you’ll still want some fruits so again, head over to district market or Safeway to get some fruits.

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I’ve been to this restaurant over 40 times and I would highly recommend trying their Bibimbap in Hot Stone Pot or BBQ Beef Bulgoki. If you enjoy Korean food or just want a new place to go eat, this is the place to go.

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Local Point lacks a large part of the vegetable and fruit portion mentioned in the Healthy Eating Plate and mostly serves food that covers whole grains and protein. To account for this lack of fruits and vegetables, you can head over to the District Market or the local Safeway to pick up some fresh fruits and vegetables. 

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In my personal experience, local point is on the lower spectrum of good food and I go there usually to save time and/or money. At the beginning of the school year, the food tasted pretty good, but after a while, I start to get sick of eating the same food and choose to go to other places to eat. It all comes down to how much time you have, and how much you want to spend.  What do you look for when trying to find somewhere to eat?