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Food and Nutrition Organizations in San Antonio

Metro Health: Diabetes Education
Metro Health offers a Diabetes Self-Management Training class taught by a registered dietitian and a registered nurse.
¡Por Vida! - San Antonio's Healthy Menu Initiative

¡Por Vida! is a restaurant recognition program that helps adults and children make healthier food choices by identifying those menu items that meet nutritional guidelines developed by the Healthy Restaurants Coalition.
Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities

Supporting Community Action to Prevent Childhood Obesity in San Antonio.
The Culinary Institute of America San Antonio

What's Cooking At The CIA
San Antonio Farmer’s Market Association

he San Antonio Farmer's Market Association operates the areas original Farmer's Markets, offering farm-fresh produce for more than 20 years.
Texas Diabetes Institute

Texas Diabetes Institute is a world-class complex addressing not just the disease but also the life and lifestyle of the patient, the family and the community.
Community Gardens San Antonio

This is a forum to support community gardens around San Antonio. There are over 19 different community gardens around town. Many of these gardens need for-the-day volunteers and committed individuals with knowledge and experience, or just plain time and energy.
Real Food Challenge
The Real Food Challenge is excited to announce our latest and greatest way to celebrate real food and get one step closer to seeing it on your campus!

Food Day 2011

Food Day has been organized to raise awareness of issues relating to obesity, supporting sustainable farming, and making real food available to everyone, as well as to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way. Learn more at http://www.foodday.org/. Food Day takes place on Wednesday, October 24th, but there will be food-related events happening all week on campus and around town.

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Food Week Events on Campus, October 24-28

Nutrition Tips in the Sombrilla

Date: 10/24/2011
Time: 11:00-3:00 pm
Place: UTSA's Sombrilla
Lunch & a Movie at the Roadrunner Cafe
Date: 10/25/2012
Time: 11am-2pm
Place: Roadrunner Cafe
Movie: TBD - either Food, INC or Weight of the Nation
Demonstration Kitchen:

Culinary Tour of Mexico: Enchiladas al estilo de Guadalajara
Date:10/22/2012
Time: 5:30pm
Pork Enchiladas, a recipe from a 1918 cookbook
*This demonstration is part of a year-long series hosted by UTSA Rec Center; UTSA Libraries, and the Hispanic Student Association. See the complete schedule at on La Cocina Histórica.
Sustainable Food Week Pledge Contest
Date: 10/22 through 10/26
Time: All day/night
Place: Facebook and Twitter

How will you go green this fall? Make a pledge to green your personal or eating habits on the Hunger and Abundance or Aramark UTSA Facebook page or on Twitter by using the hash tag #RRPledge. We'll give away daily prizes from our sponsors: Green Restaurant and Java City coffee!

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Library Research Guides on Food and Nutrition

Nutrition and Health
by Charley Thurston - Last Updated Jun 17, 2013
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BIO2043 - Nutrition (Lin)
by Juli McLoone - Last Updated Sep 5, 2012
Guide to materials related to culinary history and culture assignment for BIO 2043 Nutrition.
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