You Are What You Eat

In addition to providing you with a wide variety of high quality dining options, Carnegie Mellon Dining Services is focused on educating our students about the role that diet plays in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The monthly Dining Dish newsletter provides healthy dining, exercise and lifestyle tips for students throughout the year.

Housing and Dining Services are working with our dining vendors to begin a food icon program to help our diners understand more about their dining choices. Food icons will be displayed next to the food and/or menus.

Vegan and Vegetarian

There are many vegan and vegetarians choices for students around campus. Evgefstos in the University Center offers strictly vegan and vegetarian Mediterranean inspired dishes. Most of our other dining locations also offer vegan and vegetarian options. University Health Services also provides many resources for students who follow a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle.

Resources at University Health Services

University Health Services provides students with a comprehensive nutrition guide to help you make smart eating choices and learn more about the foods you eat. If you would like to improve your eating habits and work towards a healthier lifestyle, schedule a counseling session with our full-time registered dietitian and nutritionist, Paula Martin. Peer Health Advocates, based in University Health Services, can also provide the "Tartan Nutrition Tips: How to have a Dynamite Diet" presentation for your student group or residence hall.

If you would like to learn more about healthy eating, University Health Services also offers a different mini-course each semester listed under the university wide 99 course offerings.  In the past these courses have included Personal Nutrition, Health and Wellness Across the Spectrum and Managing Stress, Restoring Harmony.