The overall goal of our Nutrition programs and activities is to promote healthy eating and physical
activity habits as an integral part of a healthy lifestyle and to enhance personal decision making skills
regarding food and nutrition topics based on sound, reliable, evidence-based information. To achieve
these goals, several services will be provided.
Types of Nutrition Services
"Eat Healthy" Nutrition Education Session |
| These sessions are offered several times each month to
discuss topics as What is a Healthy Diet, the Food Pyramid, What is a Serving?, How
Many Calories Do I Need, What is My Healthy Weight?. Sessions are open to RAC
members and all faculty and staff free of charge. |
| Cost: |
FREE |
Upcoming dates:
January 28th
February 11th
February 25th
March 10th
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| **All sessions will be held from 5:30-6:30 in the Seminar Rm of the RAC located on the second floor. |
| Individual Nutrition Consultations |
Individual Consultations can be scheduled to discuss special dietary
or nutrition needs and issues. A computerized dietary analysis based on a 3-day
food record will be included. These services are available to
RAC members for a fee. The diet analysis, the development of the initial nutrition action
plan and a one-hour personal consultation are included in this one hour consultation. Appointments can be
scheduled at the CRI Front Office by completing the application, completing and
returning the 3-day food record and nutrition questionnaire.
Follow-up: 30-minute follow up sessions can be scheduled to monitor the client’s progress with their individual action plans and to address other nutrition-related health issues. The follow up sessions can only be scheduled after the initial one-hour consultation. |
| Cost: |
$32.00 Individual Consultation
$16.00 Follow up session
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Available Wednesdays from 3-7pm starting February 6th
Application & Forms |
| "Ask-A-Dietitian" |
| A nutrition question/answer e-mail hotline to address questions
regarding issues related to food selection and preparation, nutrition, weight management,
food labels, food shopping, etc. |
| Cost: |
FREE |
Submit a question |
| Meet the Nutritionist |
 Frieda F. Brown, MS, RD, LD, is a Registered Dietitian (RD) by the Commission on Dietetic Registration, American Dietetic Association since 1976 and is a Licensed Dietitian (LD) by the Georgia Board of Examiners of Licensed Dietitian. She is a native of West Tennessee, received a BS degree in Home Economics Education in 1970 from the University of Tennessee at Martin, a MS in Nutrition with a minor in Food Science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1971. She came to Georgia Southern College in 1971 as faculty in the area of nutrition, food science and dietetics. She also served as the Program Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD). She served as a member of the University Wellness Council and as Chairman of the campus-wide Wellness Event for two years. In 2006, she retired from Georgia Southern after 35 years in college teaching.
Frieda received the 2004 Georgia Southern University Award of Excellence in Service and the College of Health and Human Sciences Award of Service in 2003. In 2005, the Georgia Department of Education’s School Nutrition Program awarded Frieda the Friend of the Program Award. The Georgia Nutrition Council presented her a Lifetime Achievement Award of Service in 1999.
NUTRITION PHILOSOPHY
My role as a Registered Dietitian in directing the programs and activities for the Nutrition Services for CRI/RAC is to provide sound, reliable evidence-based information which members can use to change and maintain healthy eating habits and to emotionally motivate them to achieve their own personal goals and establish a positive lifestyle which they can use throughout life.
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