More Tips and Tricks for National Nutrition Month

March 13, 2024 / Get Well

What’s with all the attention on food recently? March is National Nutrition Month! Let’s use this month to build NOVA’s healthy recipe collection, contribute to the Nighthawk Nest Food Pantry and make a few tiny nutritional tweaks. 

National Nutrition Month is an annual campaign, originally developed in 1973, sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Every March, all are invited to learn about making informed food choices, developing healthy eating habits and building physical activity routines. The theme for the 2024 campaign is “Beyond the Table.”

Consider the Following for National Nutrition Month:

  • Take a deeper dive into the theme’s farm-to-fork concept by revisiting this Daily Flyer article on incorporating seasonal vegetables in your diet. Eating seasonally can be a cost-effective, flavorful way to add variety to your meals. The article linked above includes a few tips on what to look for at your local farmer’s market this season.
  • Help our community build a collection of healthy recipes. Please visit NOVA’s Healthy Nutrition Padlet to take a recipe or leave one that you and your family enjoy. (No, it doesn’t have to be meatless — but if you have any meatless favorites, please share!) 
  • Contribute to the Nighthawk Nest Food Pantry during the Employee Wellness March Food Drive.

Horizontal graphic advertising National Nutrition Month: At left, against white background, "National Nutrition Month" appears in narrow, light green font. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' green "eat right" logo appears at bottom left. At right is an illustration, set against a white background framed by a dark green border, of 2024's "Beyond the Table" National Nutrition Month campaign. At center are the words "Beyond the Table" in dark green and bright orange; words are topped by bright cartoon drawings of cheese, fruits and vegetables, fish and bread, and a bumblebee. At the bottom is the following text: "2024 National Nutrition Month. A campaign by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics." URL in footer: NationalNutritionMonth dot org

Submitted by: 
Dahlia Henry-Tett, Chief Wellness Officer (CWO), employeewellbeing@nvcc.edu