An accessible healthy nutrition environment provides college students with opportunities to access nutritious and appealing foods and beverages, consistent and accurate messages about healthy nutrition, and ways to learn about and practice healthy eating. Physical activity and exercise via accessible athletics, co-curricular activities, physical education courses, and recreational facilities are beneficial for college students’ motivation for learning and academic performance. A good cardiovascular system developed from regular exercise promotes excellent blood and oxygen circulation, allowing more nutrients to circulate throughout the body, including — most importantly — the brain. This circulation produces a longer attention span during course sections, resulting in longer concentration and absorption.
Campus health — including mental health — services are vital to providing routine and emergency care for prevention, illness, or injury while attending an IHE. Campus health services ensure that all students are able to receive appropriate sexual health and substance use screening care. These services also help monitor for and control the spread of communicable disease, provide education and counseling in a variety of health and wellness topics, and serve as a medical resource in the development of campus policies and procedures.
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