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The Mirror:
Fair gives healthy dose of information on wellness
(University of Northern Colorado newspaper)
To kick off National Eating Disorder Awareness week, several organizations, both on and off campus, hosted the annual Mind and Body Fair Monday in the University Center's first floor.
Sponsoring organizations included the Women's Resource Center, Center for Peer Education, Psychological Services, the Eating Disorder Center of Denver, Campus Recreation Wellness Center, the Student Health Center, Assault Survivor's Advocacy Program and Bikram Yoga Greeley.
The organizations showcased their services to students with poster- board presentations, pamphlets, handouts and games. In addition to being able to receive information at each booth, students could decorate a quilt square to express why they think it is important to be of strong body and mind.
Yvette Lucero-Nguyen, coordinator for the Women's Resource Center, said the event was a useful way to start off the week and grab students' attention.
"The Mind and Body Fair is an opportunity for us to provide our students and faculty on campus with actual resources they can take away with them to help them confront a friend or family member that could have an eating disorder or anything like that," Lucero-Nguyen said. "So, we're really here just as an information provider."
Lucero-Nguyen said it is important to address eating disorders on campus because they are commonly overlooked.
"We're trying to tell people it's OK to talk about it and visit the Counseling Center or Psychological Services," she said.
Mary Ashley Angelo, an intern with the Counseling Center, agreed that overall wellness is something that needs to be talked about more often.
"I think it's something that tends to be overlooked," Angelo said. "I think there are probably a lot of myths concerning eating disorders. For instance, I think it's a myth that men aren't affected by eating disorders."
Students can go to the Counseling Center to seek help with eating disorders. Angelo also said if a student has a friend or someone he or she knows who may have an eating disorder, the student should confront them privately and advise them to seek professional help.
Geri Tien, a counselor at the Psychological Services Clinic and doctoral student in counseling psychology, said it is necessary for students with eating disorders or possible mental disorders to seek professional help, especially because it is readily available on campus.
"We are here because we want to be able to provide a resource for people to have for issues going on in their life, especially eating disorders," Tien said. "We want to provide a place for them to be able to come in and feel safe and talk to people.
Overall, the fair provided information for passersby and helped remind the campus community that support is available to them, which is the theme behind the rest of the week's events.
"I think in general, like a lot of other issues that are around, eating disorders are a more difficult issue to talk about. And so with this week, we are really trying to promote awareness of it," Lucero-Nguyen said. "We really just want to be able to make people feel comfortable talking about it, so they will actually talk about it."
The Mirror:
Fair gives healthy dose of information on wellness
(University of Northern Colorado newspaper)
To kick off National Eating Disorder Awareness week, several organizations, both on and off campus, hosted the annual Mind and Body Fair Monday in the University Center's first floor.
Sponsoring organizations included the Women's Resource Center, Center for Peer Education, Psychological Services, the Eating Disorder Center of Denver, Campus Recreation Wellness Center, the Student Health Center, Assault Survivor's Advocacy Program and Bikram Yoga Greeley.
The organizations showcased their services to students with poster- board presentations, pamphlets, handouts and games. In addition to being able to receive information at each booth, students could decorate a quilt square to express why they think it is important to be of strong body and mind.
Yvette Lucero-Nguyen, coordinator for the Women's Resource Center, said the event was a useful way to start off the week and grab students' attention.
"The Mind and Body Fair is an opportunity for us to provide our students and faculty on campus with actual resources they can take away with them to help them confront a friend or family member that could have an eating disorder or anything like that," Lucero-Nguyen said. "So, we're really here just as an information provider."
Lucero-Nguyen said it is important to address eating disorders on campus because they are commonly overlooked.
"We're trying to tell people it's OK to talk about it and visit the Counseling Center or Psychological Services," she said.
Mary Ashley Angelo, an intern with the Counseling Center, agreed that overall wellness is something that needs to be talked about more often.
"I think it's something that tends to be overlooked," Angelo said. "I think there are probably a lot of myths concerning eating disorders. For instance, I think it's a myth that men aren't affected by eating disorders."
Students can go to the Counseling Center to seek help with eating disorders. Angelo also said if a student has a friend or someone he or she knows who may have an eating disorder, the student should confront them privately and advise them to seek professional help.
Geri Tien, a counselor at the Psychological Services Clinic and doctoral student in counseling psychology, said it is necessary for students with eating disorders or possible mental disorders to seek professional help, especially because it is readily available on campus.
"We are here because we want to be able to provide a resource for people to have for issues going on in their life, especially eating disorders," Tien said. "We want to provide a place for them to be able to come in and feel safe and talk to people.
Overall, the fair provided information for passersby and helped remind the campus community that support is available to them, which is the theme behind the rest of the week's events.
"I think in general, like a lot of other issues that are around, eating disorders are a more difficult issue to talk about. And so with this week, we are really trying to promote awareness of it," Lucero-Nguyen said. "We really just want to be able to make people feel comfortable talking about it, so they will actually talk about it."
