Like the washing machines in Walker Tower dorms, college life can set a student’s health on spin cycle. Whether it’s studying or partying that saturates the majority of a student’s time, living a nutritionally balanced lifestyle in such an unpredictable environment is a demanding task.

Daphne Oz (daughter of the well-known author and television host Dr. Mehmet Oz) will visit OU on Wednesday to discuss strategies concerning college health and her new national best seller “The Dorm Room Diet.”

There are a plethora of doctor’s offspring around the globe, and they are certainly not all qualified to write books, so why listen to Miss Oz at all? It is her personal story that renders her book so credible.

Throughout high school, Daphne was struggling with her weight, and more specifically, an emotional dependency on food. Finally, she discovered a pathway to success when she lost 10 pounds within the first three months of her freshmen year.

In her book, she synthesizes personal experience with years of advice from a family of health experts. Not only is her father a heart surgeon, but her uncle is a neurosurgeon, grandfather a heart surgeon, grandmother a nutritional specialist and mother a vegetarian. She was surrounded on all nutritional fronts.

Oz says in her book, “With all these health experts in my family, I grew up hearing about what I should be eating, what I should be taking for vitamins, and how I should be exercising to maintain ideal health. Of course, what I should have done is not always what I did.”

Oz uses her book to map a utilizable plan of action concerning how to succeed nutritionally in college.

“The Dorm Room Diet” explains how to wrangle challenges like late night studying, impulsive eating at social events and limited time for exercise. She divides her book into an eight step program to lead students to dietetic victory.

Daphne Oz will present her book for discussion and signing at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Beaird Lounge of the Oklahoma Memorial Union. It’s a healthy road to the land of Oz.