UM Dietitians, Students Provide Tools to Get Healthy, Lose Weight

New clinic offers nutrition counseling, healthy recipe cooking demonstrations

OXFORD, Miss. – When Oxford resident Scott Knight jotted down his short-term goal to “lose 70 pounds” as part of the University of Mississippi Nutrition Clinic’s first-ever weight loss class, he wasn’t even sure it was possible.   At 55, Knight had been diagnosed with high blood pressure and was taking medication for high cholesterol.Read the story …

UM Dietitians, Students Provide Tools to Get Healthy, Lose Weight

New clinic offers nutrition counseling, healthy recipe cooking demonstrations

OXFORD, Miss. – When Oxford resident Scott Knight jotted down his short-term goal to “lose 70 pounds” as part of the University of Mississippi Nutrition Clinic’s first-ever weight loss class, he wasn’t even sure it was possible.   At 55, Knight had been diagnosed with high blood pressure and was taking medication for high cholesterol.Read the story …

UM Nutrition Clinic offers ServSafe Certification Course

Seminars scheduled Nov. 30, Dec. 11 and Jan. 17

The University of Mississippi’s Nutrition Clinic will host its first public ServSafe seminar on the Oxford campus Nov. 30.   The one-day course, which provides a certification required by the state of Mississippi for food-service professionals, covers food-safety topics ranging from cleaning methods to preventing cross contamination.   “It’s required in Mississippi that one personRead the story …