National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Promote a Healthy Body Image
Agenda
Sun, February 24, 2013 @ 09:00 am - Sat, February 2 @ - 05:00 pm
Sun, February 24, 2013 @ 09:00 am - Sat, February 2 @ - 05:00 pm
Andrews University Campus
Andrews University Prepares for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
To promote a healthy body image and increase awareness about eating disorders on our community, the Andrews University Counseling & Testing Center will be sponsoring
several events during the National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (February 24 –
March 2, 2013).
On Tuesday, February 26th, Counselor Leilani Langdon and Counselor Intern LaKeSha
Morris will be offering the educational workshop “Self-esteem, Body-image, and
Eating Disorders” during the Tuesday Choices program. Come and learn about the link
between the way you think and feel about your body, your mood, and eating habits.
Find out where you can find help for yourself or for your loved one. This program is
open to students and will be held at Buller Hall, Room 149, from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
The Counseling and Testing Center is also sponsoring an art exhibition titled
“Celebrating Every Body.” Students are invited to submit works of art that reflect
this theme. A panel of counselors will select pieces to be exhibited at the Campus
Center during our Awareness Event and will award prices to the three pieces that
best represent this theme (Amazon.com gift cards for $75, $50, and $25,
respectively). Please, visit andrews.edu/ctcenter for more information about how to
submit your work of art.
Faculty, staff, and students are welcomed to participate during our Awareness Event
on Thursday, February 28th, 2013, from 12-3 p.m. We’ll have a “Message Board” where the AU community can post messages of acceptance and encouragement. The selected works of art reflecting the theme “Celebrating Every Body” will be on display,
including the award winners. Also, the Counseling & Testing Center will have
information about eating disorders and will be offering in-person screenings.
The eating disorder screening consists of a brief, anonymous questionnaire designed
to provide students with insight into symptoms they might be experiencing and
receive helpful treatment and referral information, if necessary. In addition to
in-person screenings during the Awareness Event, students can access an anonymous
screening online at http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/screening/andrews
Eating disorders are more prevalent on college campuses than many people realize. In
fact, 95 percent of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and
25. Twenty-five percent of college-aged women report engaging in bingeing and
purging as a weight-management technique. And college males are not immune.
Increasingly, men are feeling the pressure for physical perfection which can lead to
excessive exercise and fixation on low body fat percentage.
Come, participate, and help in promoting a healthy body image and greater awareness
of eating disorders in our community. For more information, contact Luis G. C.
Ortega, LPC, NCC at cluis@andrews.edu
