Food Services
Hager Lifelong Education Center, Rm. A137 · (570) 327-4767
Nutrition
Penn College employs a part-time registered dietitian to provide assistance to students with food related concerns and problems. If you have a food allergy or specific issue, please contact Sharon to set up an appointment.
Location, Contact & Hours
Sharon Berger, Registered Dietitian
LEC, Rm. A137
(570) 320-2400, ext. 7282
Office Hours: 10:15 - 12:15 a.m. & 2 - 2:30 p.m. (Tuesday & Thursday)
Message from Sharon
With all the different diets and healthy eating messages available to the public, putting calories into perspective is essential in choosing a balanced diet. When trying to lose weight, managing calories is important - eating fewer calories or burning off more calories than we eat is necessary. One pound of body fat is equal to 3500 calories. Putting this into perspective, a person would need to eat 300 - 500 fewer calories each day to lose a 1/2 pound to 1 pound of body fat each week. As it is difficult to count all the calories we eat, portion control and healthy snacks become key. Here are some tips:
- To manage portions, try measuring your food with standard measuring cups until you are familiar with what a serving size is.
- Read food labels to determine what the portion size is for a particular food.
- Baked, broiled, grilled, or roasted foods are better choices than fried foods because they will have less calories than the same portion size of the same food if it were fried.
- Share an entree with a friend when eating out or ask for an appetizer as an entree.
- For healthy snacks, try low fat or non-fat refrigerated or frozen yogurt.
- Choose juice bars over ice cream bars or ice cream sandwich.
- Try a fruit cup or reduced fat cookies or crackers. Prepackaged cookies and crackers advertising 100 - 150 calories per package are a great way to cut calories and manage portions.
- Choose fat free or low fat microwave popcorn over regular butter or the "movie theater" variety.