Eating disorders week coming up
February 19, 2014 | 06:44 PM
The National Eating Disorders Association will promote National Eating Disorders Week February 23 to March 1, the group announced today.
With the theme “I Had No Idea,” NEDA will sponsor events throughout the country “to raise awareness about body image and bring national attention to the severity of eating disorders, which are bio-psycho-social illnesses with often devastating — sometimes life-threatening — consequences,” the group said in a news release.
In a variety of venues including health fairs, fashion shows and art shows, leaders will stress that people can be too thin and can over-exercise, but that hope and recovery are possible.
The Empire State Building in New York City will be lit in NEDA’s signature green and blue colors the night of February 25 to put a spotlight on the fight against eating disorders.
Other events will include Scale-Smashing (encouraging people to examine their “relationship” with the scale and begin a dialog); The Great Jeans Giveaway (encouraging people to get rid of jeans that don’t fit and to “be comfortable in your genes”); and NEDA Walks.
With the theme “I Had No Idea,” NEDA will sponsor events throughout the country “to raise awareness about body image and bring national attention to the severity of eating disorders, which are bio-psycho-social illnesses with often devastating — sometimes life-threatening — consequences,” the group said in a news release.
In a variety of venues including health fairs, fashion shows and art shows, leaders will stress that people can be too thin and can over-exercise, but that hope and recovery are possible.
The Empire State Building in New York City will be lit in NEDA’s signature green and blue colors the night of February 25 to put a spotlight on the fight against eating disorders.
Other events will include Scale-Smashing (encouraging people to examine their “relationship” with the scale and begin a dialog); The Great Jeans Giveaway (encouraging people to get rid of jeans that don’t fit and to “be comfortable in your genes”); and NEDA Walks.
