Nutrition

On campus nutrition resources and appointments are available to Princeton University’s general student population throughout the academic year, as well as during summer break.  

We provide nutrition resources, counseling, and therapy to improve nutrition intake, promote a healthy lifestyle, manage, support, and treat nutrition-related diseases, and strengthen health promoting food behaviors and positive body image. 

Services include: 

  • Resources: To inform, guide, and reinforce healthy food behaviors and choices 
  • Counseling: Individual, collaboration-based appointment to develop, establish, and normalize an eating approach aligned with your health, nutrition, and lifestyle goals 
  • Therapy: To support, manage, and treat nutritional deficiency, nutrition-related disease, and medical conditions using evidence-based nutrition interventions 

The Dietitian is trained to help manage and treat: 

  • Weight concerns (health/sustainable weight gain or weight loss) 
  • Pre-diabetes  
  • Diabetes 
  • High cholesterol or triglycerides 
  • High blood pressure 
  • Nutrient deficiencies 
  • Food allergies and sensitivities 
  • GERD (Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease) 
  • IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) 
  • Celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity 
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) 
  • Auto-immune disorders 

Appointments

If you have a health concern related to nutrition, you can see your primary care provider at UHS for a referral to the Dietitian by making a Medical Services appointment online or by calling 609-258-3141. You can also complete a pre-appointment survey and make an appointment with the Dietitian online through your MyUHS portal.

Student-athletes may schedule sports and performance nutrition appointments with UHS' Sports RD online through their MyUHS portal.

Hours & Contact

McCosh Health Center, First Floor
Phone:
609-258-3141
Hours:
  • Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.