Schulz helps students set up a healthy eating plan that she says is relatively easy to follow for the rest of their lives. She recommends eating healthy foods that give the maximum amount of nutrition. She does allow for the occasional doughnut or candy bar. Exercising and being active is another important factor in maintaining good health. They spend a disproportionate amount of time sitting.
Nutrition is a science that is always changing.
A remedy can be labeled the heal-all one month and ineffective the next. She encourages clients to come back for follow-up counseling, two to three weeks after their first appointment. It is no longer common for HMOs and hospitals to provide out-patient nutrition counseling, according to Radice. These clients have to pay for the service themselves. But it is free for students to receive nutritional counseling from Schulz at the Student Health and Counseling Center.