But Gaudiani and fellow ECHO Co-Chair Vanessa Fajans-Turner ’04 said that the initiative may not be helpful to those who are already overly conscious of their eating habits.
“We recognize that this is a sensitive issue and some things such as ‘rate your plate’ may be harder for some people to accommodate than others,” Gaudiani said.
“Nutrition is a complicated issue to address, and for some people, it is a topic which reflects more than what you put in your mouth and what you don’t,” Fajar-Turner said.
McNitt said HUDS is cognizant of some students’ sensitivity about food issues and stressed that participation in this campaign is entirely optional.
—Staff writer Jaquelyn M. Scharnick can be reached at scharnic@fas.harvard.edu.
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