Word: uhse
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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A Harvard student who sits for an hour in the walk-in clinic of the University Health Services (UHS) only to be told that his appendicitis is psychosomatic, can now constructively voice his complaints.
Complaint forms dealing with unpleasant experiences at the Health Center are now available in several Harvard and Radcliffe Houses, in one of a number of steps which Margaret S. McKenna '70, assistant to the Director of UHS, has initiated this year to improve student participation in medical services provided by...
The Nutrition Department of the UHS reported a 50 per cent increase over the past eight months of students seeking dietary counseling. And a newly organized Nutrition Workshop has enrolled three times the expected number of students.
Mary Crumlin, nutritionist for the UHS, said she believes that part of the increased interest in nutrition is due to a larger number of people following macrobiotic diets, as well as a growing concern about obesity as a health problem.
Dr. Warren E. Wacker, director of UHS, said new committees are also being formed to study the specific nutrition problem of students eating in dining halls. "Obesity is a major health problem and UHS and the University Food Services are trying to answer student needs in this area," he said...