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from the issue of February 24, 2005
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Eating Disorders Awareness Week
A week to Love Your Body is planned in observance of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Feb. 28 to March 4. The Eating Disorders Education and Prevention Student Association planned all activities sponsored on campus and hope the week will help foster healthy ideas and encourage students to develop self-esteem and self-respect based on wellness principles.
The week begins with Eva van Dok presenting Eaten Alive at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Nebraska Union Ballroom. Van Dok is a Broadway actress and a recovered anorexic/bulimic. Eaten Alive is a 55-minute one-woman theater piece that presents the lives of five women in different stages of life, all of whom suffer from different eating disorders. Van Dok will also engage in a talk-back session at the end of the performance and counselors will be available to speak one-on-one with students.
Love Your Body week also includes a Body Bazaar: Uniting Body, Mind and Spirit on March 1. Representatives from UNL and Lincoln organizations will provide information on health and fitness, stress management, student services and other issues. The Body Bazaar will be located on the main floor lounge of the Nebraska Union from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Charlie Foster will present "Looking at Body Image Through Different Eyes: Cultural Insight" at 7 p.m. March 2 in the Nebraska Union. A Movie Night will be held beginning at 7 p.m. March 3 in the Nebraska Union. The week's activities will conclude on March 4 with the brown bag presentation Harmful Cocktails at noon at the Nebraska East Union and Fearless Friday which will celebrate a day without dieting.
Throughout the week, there will be displays sponsored by EDEP Media Awareness in the Nebraska Union and Campus Rec Center. These include a Life-size Barbie and GI Joe Display, a Know Your Numbers, Myths and Facts and the Great Jeans Giveaway.
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is an annual outreach campaign sponsored by the National Eating Disorders Association, a non-profit organization. Love Your Body Week is sponsored by the Eating Disorders Education and Prevention Student Association; Students Helping Individuals Nurture Esteem; Greeks Promoting Positive Attitude; Pepsi Endowment Fund; the University Health Center; Campus Rec Centers; Parents Association; and Afrikan Peoples Union. All events are free.
GO TO: ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 24
NEWS HEADLINES FOR FEBRUARY 24
Shapiro's stories about American Jews basis for film
Real Nebraska night at the movies March 3
Research Service-Learning connects students with communities
A Piece of University History
Celebration of Graduate Student Work is March 4
Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Symposium looks at collectors, museums and artists
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