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Celebrate National Nutrition Month
By Airman 1st Class Nathan Byrnes U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nathan Byrnes provide and they can range from people who have diabetes
to renal disease or cardiac issues and more.
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Airman 1st Class Chance Whitemore, 99th Medical Support
Squadron, prepares individual salads at the Mike O’Callaghan “Secondly, we have a staff and outpatient feeding
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — What you eat mat- Federal Medical Center dining facility at Nellis Air Force Base, mission which is our dining facility located in the Mike
ters, especially if you want to perform your best. Nev., March 4. March is National Nutrition Month® and is O’Callaghan Federal Medical Center. The dining facility
a nutrition education and information campaign created is open from breakfast to lunch and we serve about 200 to
Food and nutrition play an important role in military annually by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 300 people a day. Our goal is to provide healthy wholesome
capability. Appropriate food, in terms of both quality and meals and promote our Go-for-Green program (G4G).
quantity, and adequate hydration are required to ensure feeding mission where we provide therapeutic diets to
that the physical capability and mental performance of patients who have been admitted to the hospital. We cater “Our other mission is the outpatient nutrition clinic.
military personnel remain at optimal levels. the diet to what the patient’s conditions are and their diets Patients are referred to us by their primary care provider
can run the gamut. We have about 38 different diets that we for conditions that are not generally seen at the health
Nutrition plays such an important role in one’s overall promotion area in the Health and Wellness Center. It is
health and wellness, and with March being National more individualized care and then we also support the
Nutrition Month® it is important to understand what is larger groups with the better body, better life program and
and isn’t healthy. With varying opinions on the internet, the hypertension class that go on at the HAWC. We help
television shows and by so-called nutrition “experts” it’s to augment different programs that go on at Nellis AFB.”
hard to know where to begin to look for trustworthy health
information. The G4G is a Department of Defense program that
promotes healthful food and beverage choices in order to
The 99th Medical Support Squadron is here to answer optimize performance, readiness, and the health of our
nutrition questions, provide accurate nutrition informa- service members.
tion and give the tools needed to help one establish a
healthier eating style. By identifying nutrient-rich foods and beverages and
placing of foods in prominent places in the dining facility,
“A part of our mission is to be ready to fight and a part G4G prompts service members to make better choices,
of being ready to fight is to live a healthy lifestyle,” said more often. The program enables dining facilities to create
Senior Airman Erise Shannon, 99th MDSS diet therapist. and offer more nutrient-rich food and beverage choices
“A healthy lifestyle not only encompasses exercising but a that are easy to identify and appealing.
big part of it is what you eat.”
“The G4G program uses a color based labeling system to
“We have a pretty diverse mission,” said Maj. Saunya
Bright, 99th MDSS flight commander and Air Combat ________________ See NUTRITION, on page 7
Command nutrition consultant. “We have an inpatient
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