LOVE YOUR BODY WEEK 2008: February 4 - 8

A week devoted to improving body image and preventing eating disorders. Speakers over the noon-hour will be in 234 Brady Commons with FREE lunch provided and evening events are TBA. A table with educational information and free goodies will be on the main floor in Brady Commons. The week’s presentations will cover a variety of issues including improving body image, how to help a friend with an eating disorder, how to prevent disordered eating, society’s role in these issues and much more. This event is sponsored by the Wellness Resource Center in collaboration with the Eating Disorder Task Force.

Click here to download the 2008 Love Your Body Week flyer!

Questions??, OR if you want to get involved, call 882-4634!

Eating Disorders are uncontrollable disturbances in eating behavior and thoughts, motivated by a fear of weight gain and other personal hurts and fears. They are psychological disorders that involve insufficient or excessive food intake. Studies have shown up to 8% of American women suffer from anorexia or bulimia (NIMH, 2001). Forty-million people are believed to deal with compulsive overeating. The number of men suffering from eating disorders is on the rise.

This website is designed to provide information for students at the University of Missouri on resources for dealing with or helping a friend who is dealing with an eating disorder.

Click here for an online screening: word or pdf
(Courtesy of the Student Health Center)