Dana Lewis of The University of Alabama community has
probably changed the way most people in the area eat lunch.
It all started with a simple request. Lewis, a University of
Alabama senior who has Type 1 diabetes, wanted to be able to give herself the
right amount of insulin while eating in the dining halls on campus.
In order to do so, she needed to know how many carbohydrates
are in her meals. The information, at that time, was only available through the
Bama Dining Web site. Lewis said that it was nearly impossible to go online and
decide what to eat the day before and stick to it. She asked her friends to go
online and plan out their meals for the week. “They failed miserably,” she
said. She felt that the easiest and most accessible way for students to view
the nutritional information was either inside the dining hall or right before
entering the dining hall.
Lewis said, “As a college student, food should be a
no-brainer.”
Lewis worked with Bama Dining to place nutrition labels with
the entrees in the dining hall. She feels that this not only helps students
with specific dietary confinements and allergies, but also those students who
want to avoid the dreaded “Freshman 15” weight gain. Her simple suggestion to
Bama Dining escalated into an internship with their marketing department, which
was a perfect fit for Lewis, a public relations major from Huntsville.
A.J. Defalco, the resident district manager for Bama Dining,
said that Bama Dining wants to foster a relationship like they have with Dana
with all students. Bama Dining, Defalco said, wants students to feel as if
their kitchen is the student’s kitchen.
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