Campus Resources

Student Wellness

Nutrition Counseling

Ready to make a change, but unsure how? Need extra support to get and stay on the right track? Student Wellness provides nutrition consultations. Our dietitian can help you with any of your nutrition needs ranging from food intolerances to creating a healthy eating plan on a budget.

Fitness Counseling

Physical activity is an important component in leading a healthy life. Student Wellness can help you reach your fitness goals. Our health educators can meet with you for a variety of fitness services:

  • 1-on-1 consultations (discuss barriers, create goals, plan workouts, etc.)
  • Equipment orientations and/or tips on weightlifting form
  • Fitness testing (blood pressure, body fat, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility.

UI Faculty & Staff: liveWELL-Lifestyles

Available for University of Iowa Faculty and Staff. Both the Centers for Disease Control National Diabetes Prevention Program and the 10-Week Weight Management platform (powered by Wondr Health) have shown that active participants reduce their risk for chronic health conditions such as diabetes, stroke, heart disease, and some cancers, as well as orthopedic issues associated with being overweight or inactive.

National Resources

Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd edition

Outlines how people can improve their overall eating patterns, covering the complete combination of foods and drinks. This edition provides four overarching Guidelines that encourage healthy eating patterns at each stage of life. Published by the US Department of Health and Human Services.

MyPlate.gov

Practical information and tips to help Americans build healthier diets. Also use the Start Simple with MyPlate mobile app to pick daily food goals, see real-time progress, and earn badges along the way. From the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020–2025

Outlines how people can improve their overall eating patterns, covering the complete combination of foods and drinks. This edition provides four overarching Guidelines that encourage healthy eating patterns at each stage of life. Published by the US Department of Health and Human Services.

American Heart Association The Facts on Fats Infographic

Understand different types of fats and which ones to love, limit, and lose based on American Heart Association recommendations for heart health.

USDA's Food and Nutrition Information Center and Interactive Tools

An array of tools for dietary assessment and planning, checking personal health risks, testing knowledge, and evaluating needs. From the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Information Center.

MyFitness Pal

MyFitness Pal is a smart phone app and website that tracks diet and exercise. The app uses gamification elements to motivate users. To track nutrients, users can either scan the barcodes of various food items or manually find them in the app’s larger pre-existing database.