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CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University's Nutrition and Dietetics Club is celebrating National Nutrition Month on Wednesday, March 4, with an event in the Memorial Union quad from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Its theme of "Bite Into a Healthy Lifestyle" encourages everyone to adopt eating plans focused on making informed food choices and promoting overall health. The event will feature games, prizes, free food, and tips on how to stay healthy from guests representing Bob's Red Mill, Trader Joes, Pacific Fruit Company, Food@OSU and more.

Activities will focus around vitamins, mineral and fiber content in food, and helping students, faculty and staff learn more about what makes a healthy, balanced meal. There will be free cookbooks for the first 200 participants, a competition to win a bullet blender, and other prizes.

"Eating a healthy, well-balanced meal is crucial to success in the rest of your life, including your academic success," said Jessica Hummel, vice president of OSU's Nutrition and Dietetics Club. "We want students and staff to stop in and learn some fun facts about food, and maybe look at the way they eat in a new way."

As part of this public education campaign, the academy's National Nutrition Month website includes a variety of helpful tips, games, promotional tools and nutrition education resources, all designed to spread the message of good nutrition.