Purdue News

February 20, 1998

Health Promotions to raise awareness of eating disorders

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University Health Promotion Programs is sponsoring several activities in conjunction with Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention Week, Feb. 23-28.

The featured event will be a talk by Michael Levine, professor of psychology at Kenyon College. "Building a Healthy Body Image in a Fat-Phobic World" will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday (2/24) in Fowler Hall, Stewart Center.

A slide presentation, "Aesthetics of Beauty: The Actual vs. the Abstract," will be shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday (2/25) at the Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, 101 S. Ninth St.

An eating and nutrition screening for people will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday (2/27) in Room 1183, Psychological Sciences Building. The free assessment will be confidential and will be available on a walk-in basis.

Other information displays and programs will be conducted throughout the week in Stewart Center, the Recreational Gymnasium, Residence Halls, Cooperative Houses, and fraternity and sorority chapter houses.

All activities are free and open to the public.

CONTACT: Health Promotion Programs, (765) 494-9355

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu

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