Introduction

Nutrition is an important part of life and especially important in the lives of college students. It is what provides them energy to perform and to be successful in college. However, college students do not always eat the healthiest and do not always choose the best lifestyle options. For your average college student, this is the first time he or she will be making daily decisions without the guidance of parents.  As college students ourselves, we wanted to look at how food plays a role in the lives of University of Kentucky students and students in general. The paper “Dining Services” looks at what colleges and students in Kentucky can do to combat the problem of college students’ poor health decisions. It also compares the food decisions between full and part-time students and the food options provided by a large university in comparison of a small college. The paper “Food’s Impact on University of Kentucky Students and College Students Across America” discusses how the food provided at the University of Kentucky and by restaurants surrounding campus impacts student health and the reasons behind student food decisions. The paper compares the choices of students at the University of Kentucky with students at other colleges in Kentucky and across America.  Hopefully, these papers will bring light to a topic that is not well reported. The health of college students is underreported because other health issues, such as childhood obesity and cancer, overshadow it. It is an important topic because college is a crucial time in a person’s life due to it being a time of maturity and decisions made during it impacts how a person will live their adult life.

 

-Arun Nadar and David Hymes