DISORDERED EATING/BODY IMAGE
ABOUT DISORDERED EATING/BODY IMAGE
Eating disorders are complex psychological conditions with physical manifestations that can be life-threatening: self-imposed starvation, purging, and obesity. Individuals with eating disorders may exhibit extreme emotions, attitudes, and behaviors surrounding weight, body image and food. Left untreated, eating disorders can lead to serious emotional and physical complications and even death in both men and women. If treated early on, the severity of the disorder is lessened and recovery may be more rapid.
Disordered eating, while not a diagnosable eating disorder, is a more common and prevalent problem on campus. This can include any behavior, attitude or emotion about food, weight, body shape, and/or exercise that impedes your daily living and jeopardizes your health, happiness and safety. This could include a combination of signs/symptoms of anorexia, bulimia, and/or binge eating disorder.
ANOREXIA NERVOSA – characterized by self-starvation and excessive weight loss; feeling “fat” or overweight despite dramatic weight loss; extreme concern with body weight and shape and denial about the problem; extreme fear of gaining weight and losing control
BULIMIA NERVOSA – characterized by a secretive cycle of binge eating followed by purging; a sense of loss of control followed by guilt and shame
BINGE EATING DISORDER (or compulsive overeating) – periods of uncontrolled, impulsive or continuous eating beyond the point of feeling comfortably full; feelings of shame or self-hatred are common after a binge; no purging of any kind with this disorder.
OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND AWARENESS EVENTS
The Center for Health Education and Promotion staff (Peer Health Educators and Professional Health Educators) offer a variety of educational and interactive outreach programs that can be scheduled at your convenience. The outreach programs linked to this health issue are
- NoBODY's Perfect
- Monkey See, Monkey Do
- Love Your Body Week
Also available is programming for body art, credit card debt, gambling awareness, and other topics. If there is something that you have an interest in but do not see it listed, please contact us and we will work together to determine what will best meet your needs.
CAMPUS SERVICES
RESOURCES
Our resource area contains brochures, articles, bulletin board packets, books, videos, and handouts on a wide variety of health related topics. If we don't have it, we will help you find it!
ONLINE RESOURCES
