Chris Massad
There are a few essential things a students needs to perform their best, and good nutrition is one of them. College dining halls have plenty of food, but how much of that food is actually good for you? A good diet can lead to better concentration, better performance, better grades, and ultimately, success. Colleges admit to the fact that they do serve unhealthy foods in their dining halls but argue that they offer a wide variety of food to make up for it. This is not necessarily true. For example, a student who walks into the Brittain dining hall at Georgia Tech located on east campus will be hard pressed to find something other than a burger and fries to eat during most of the day. Brittain dining hall does serve other foods, but more often than not, those foods are not being served for various reasons, so students are forced to eat burgers lacking in nutrients.
People wonder why the freshman fifteen is such a problem, and it's not because the students are eating so much, its because they have nothing but unhealthy foods and a lack of choice to satisfy their grumbling stomachs. At Howard University, students admit that the variety in dining halls is not always plentiful and go off campus or cook at home when they're bored of the monotonous food in dining halls. Students come to college to get an education and look to rid themselves of distractions and hindrances, and they don't even realize that the food they pay lots of money for is holding them back from performing their best.
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