Stop and Snack’ is WXV&U Health’s first mini-podcast nutrition series founded by senior nursing students Olivia Frizzell and Caitlin Fisher in the first group on the radio station this semester. The series is continued by Grace Borell, Grace Pappanicholaou, and Kristen Marra. The goal of the series is to educate listeners about nutrition and nutrition resources available on college campuses. In this podcast, Jessica Pellicciotta, a registered dietician/nutritionist from the Office of Health Promotion at Villanova University, is interviewed. Jessica gives advice to navigate eating on a college campus and the abundance of nutrition resources available at Villanova. Also, one of the podcast hosts, Kristen Marra, shares her personal experiences as a nursing student who maintains a gluten-free diet on her college campus. Kristen offers information about a gluten-free diet, the foods that she needs to avoid, and how she successfully eats gluten-free on campus.  

References

Beyond Celiac. (2023). Serving Gluten-Free Students: Two surveys find America’s colleges still need 

better solutions. Beyond Celiac: Together for a Cure. https://www.beyondceliac.org/living-with-celiac-disease/school/info-for-college-students/most-college-students-still-cant-safely-eat-gluten-free/ 

Rajagopal, S. (2023). Gluten-Free Diet: Is It Right for Me? John Hopkins Medicine. 

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/celiac-disease/what-is-a-glutenfree-diet 

Schuchmann, C. (2023, March 23). Gluten-free guide to college: How celiac disease patients can prepare 

for a gluten-free lifestyle on campus. The University of Chicago Medical Center: At the Forefront UChicago Medicine. https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/gastrointestinal-articles/gluten-free-guide-to-college-celiac-disease-patients-preparation-for-gluten-free-lifestyle-on-campus