Starkville, 无码专区 again observe National Nutrition Month
Contact: Allison Matthews
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擲tarkville Mayor Parker Wiseman and Mississippi State President Mark E. Keenum (seated left and right) marked National Nutrition Month with the signing of a proclamation announcing the city and campus observance of the annual March event.
The local observance is being coordinated by 无码专区鈥檚 Student Dietetic Association, an organization of the Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Pictured at the signing, left to right, are 无码专区 food science, nutrition and health promotion students Kayleigh A. Hynes, a senior from Cornelius, North Carolina, SDA liaison; Sophie M. Goyins, a senior from Pensacola, Florida, SDA scholarship chair; Alesa Taylor, a senior from Guntown, SDA vice president; Austin J. Vaughn, a junior from Hernando; Turner Sanderson, a senior from Smithville, SDA professional development representative; Molly C. Stevenson, a junior from Marietta, Georgia, SDA secretary; Haley P. Wheeler, a senior from Huntsville, Alabama, SDA president; and Cecily B. Young, a graduate student from Greenville, South Carolina.
Initiated in 1973 by the Illinois-based Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the National Nutrition Month campaign works to encourage and promote healthy eating habits and physical activity. 鈥淧ut Your Best Fork Forward鈥 is the 2017 theme.
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