Healthy Eating: The Plating Method!

Want an easy way to make sure you're getting ALL the right food groups?

UC San Diego Dining Services offers a variety of nutritious foods for students in various locations on campus. HDH's very own Becky McDivitt is a registered dietician with an easy method of plating your food in the dining halls. She divides the plate into 3 food groups: fruits & veggies, protein, and starchy foods. Watch the video to learn more!

To learn more about healthy choices and the dimensions of wellness, visit UC San Diego's Wellness Center website at wellness.ucsd.edu and subscribe to our YouTube channel!

LiveWell UCSD Newsletter

Learn how to achieve a more balanced and healthy lifestyle in the areas of intellectual, physical, occupational, emotional, social, spiritual, financial, and environmental wellness through tips from experts and information about upcoming wellness events at UC San Diego!

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If you missed out on our May and June newsletters, you can read them here:

June 2009 Newsletter (pdf)

May 2009 Newsletter (pdf)

Top Outdoor Napping Spots at UC San Diego

Can't get enough of the outdoors?
Neither can we!

We've found the best locations to nap and be one with nature at UC San Diego.
Check out our video on YouTube.

Locations include:

• Marshall Administration Tree



• Student Services Center Curvy Benches

All locations scored on:

• comfortability



• "cool factor"



• quietness



• location
  
  
  
  
  

Walk UC San Diego

Walking is an easy way to add exercise into your daily routine, explore the campus, and feel connected to your school. We are lucky to have a large campus with a diverse terrain and many paths and trails that makes it fun to walk.

Walk UCSD is a way to get students, staff, and faculty MOVING!

Here are a few of the trails that you can walk (or jog) on

campus:

Campus Loop: 8,000 steps. 4 miles. Discover campus with this extended walk around the perimeter of the main campus.

Chancellor's Challenge 5K: 6,200 steps. 3.1 miles. From the north campus athletic fields to Library Walk.

Eucalyptus Trail: 2,000 steps. 1 mile. A trail on uneven terrain winds through a shady fringe of eucalyptus trees.

Med School Mosey: 1,000 steps. 0.5 miles. Take a quick jaunt around the manicured quads of the Stein Clinical Research and Leichtag Family Foundation Biomedical Research buildings.

East Campus Amble: 1,500 steps. 0.75 miles. An easy path circles UC San Diego Medical Center.

For more trails and to see their locations on campus, check out the Walk UCSD website.

Wellness Affiliate: Student Legal Services

Have a legal question?

You don't have to wait until Fall to get an answer.
Student Legal Services is open all summer!
SLS provides free, confidential counseling on legal topics, legal education and referrals for currently registered UC San Diego students. If you would like to speak to an attorney in SLS, please call us to make an appointment.

We can be reached at (858) 534-4374.

Interview with the AVC of Student Wellness, Dr. Karen Calfas

UC San Diego is proud and excited to welcome Dr. Karen Calfas--a UC San Diego alumna-- as the Assistant Vice Chancellor Student Wellness. Since starting in her new role in March of this year, she has seamlessly fit into the 'wellness family.’

Dr. Calfas looks forward to starting new preventative programs that study the "science behind wellness" by utilizing technology and making the programs user-friendly. The three long-term health issues that she hopes to target are smoking, poor diet, and inactivity. Her goal is to help students connect with resources on campus so that when they graduate, they are well-prepared for life challenges.

She shared these statistics of UC San Diego students:

15% get enough sleep each night (7-8 hours each night)

70% feel lonely

15% smoke

8% get the recommended amount of vegetables in their diet each day

33% say stress is an impediment to success

In addition to working with the Wellness Cluster Directors(Counseling & Psychological Services, Recreation, Sexual Assault Resource Center, and Student Health Service), Dr. Calfas also meets with potential donors to fundraise for the UC San Diego Wellness Center, which is projected to open in 2012.

Dr. Calfas has two children, enjoys volunteering in their classes, and swimming.

VC of Student Affairs Penny Rue, Wellness Center Director Dr. Jerry Phelps, Wellness Center Coordinator Torrey Trust, and AVC of Student Wellness Dr. Karen Calfas at the LiveWell UC San Diego Ross Szabo presentation earlier this spring.