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 Saturday, November 07 2009
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"Our goal is to be recognized as one of the finest collegiate level dining services in the nation, known for its highest quality and professional character."--Bates Dining
 Commons will resume regular hours on August 31st. Breakfast $6.00 ---------------------------------------------- This summer, among the many traditional summer projects which take place, Dining Services has been focusing on a new and exciting nutritional labeling program. For many years students have been asking for some type of nutritional labeling. I have been hesitant to use traditional labeling- ie caloric content, fat content etc- because studies have shown that this tends to lead to a pattern of unhealthy eating as individual s focus on calories or fat content instead of looking at the item as a whole. To address this, last year we entered conversations with Hannaford about the possibility of incorporating their Guiding Stars nutritional rating system. The Guiding Stars concept uses a weighted algorithm (which takes into account many things such as whether the item is high in fiber- which would be good- or does it contain trans fats – which would be bad, etc.) to determine a star rating. One star means good, two stars means better and three stars means best. There will be some items which do not receive a star at all but this does not necessarily mean you need to eliminate them from your diet; rather you need to eat them in moderation. Hope you had a great summer. Christine |
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