Month: October 2008

From the News Desk

Food as A Weapon

An estimated 15 percent of U.S. college students have eating disorders, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So chances are, most of us know someone with an eating disorder.

Jane Fonda to speak on eating disorders in Philly

New Clinic In North Hampton to Treat Eating Disorders

The most lethal of mental illnesses, eating disorders affect about 4 percent of the population, according to Smith. As the disease has been recognized and studied, more programs have become available in recent years. To date, however, services are limited in Western Massachusetts.

“There is a plethora of services in eastern Massachusetts,” Smith said. “Once you go west at all, there are no specialized programs.”

Some UPDATES!

Here’s the latest from the Body Image Council!

The weekly Eating and Body Image Issues support group meeting will be this Wednesday, (10/29) from 4pm to 5:30pm, in the women’s center. If you have any questions, please email skanal@brynmawr.edu or vwalker@brynmawr.edu

AlSO this week is the 2nd LOVE YOUR BODY workshop. It is a belly dancing workshop on Wednesday (10/29) starting at 7pm in Erdman living room.

Come learn about the art of Belly Dancing with the Body Image Council and Yalah, the student-run Belly Dancing Troupe.
You’ll learn about the history of belly dancing, the connection and art between your body and movement, and learn some dance moves!
So, take some time out of your night to feel good about yourself and learn how to belly dance!

Space is limited for the workshop, so please RSVP ASAP to bmc.bodyimage@gmail.com or vwalker@brynmawr.edu

Finally, the Body Image Council has set up a blog on the new Bryn Mawr Blog set up. Check it out – it’s a great resource! http://bodyimagecouncil.blogs.brynmawr.edu/

As always, please send any questions, comments or concerns to vwalker@brynmawr.edu about ANY of these events.

Fat Talk Free Week!

Read about Fat Talk Free Week HERE

the Tri Delta sorority and Academy for Eating Disorders fellow Carolyn Becker of Trinity University began co-developing the Reflections body image program, “the first peer-led, evidence-based eating disorders prevention program shown to truly work.” After 12,000 hours of research on Reflections at 12 major universities, they’re now launching the program nationwide with Fat Talk Free Week. 

What is Fat Talk Free Week? It’s five days of nationwide events during which women are encouraged to quit talking smack about their own bodies and other women’s. (“I need to lose 10 pounds.” “She’s too fat to be wearing that.” “My thighs are so huge.” Et frickin’ cetera.) The cumulative effect of those little statements does a number on one’s self-image, and studies on the Reflections program have shown that knocking off the fat talk really can — forgive me — help ya help ya help ya.