Top 10 sites of the National Eating Disorders Screening Program 2008
For many students, maintaining a healthy weight and a positive body image can be a challenge
during college, especially when academic pressures blend with social
expectations. Stress can translate into skipping meals, sleeping poorly or
eating out of control.
Eating disorders can be successfully treated and often prevented when an
individual seeks help in the early stages. Unfortunately, only 1 in 10 men and
women with eating disorders receive treatment, often due to shame or social
stigma.
Congratulations to our 2008 top NEDSP sites!
- University of Northern Colorado
- Sullivan University
- Texas Tech University
- Assumption College
- University of Michigan at Dearborn
- Western Kentucky University
- Riverland Community College
- University of Arizona
- Marywood University
To help address this serious health issue, colleges and universities across the
country participate each year in the National Eating Disorders Screening
Program (NEDSP). Through this program, they provide eating disorders education
and screenings for students throughout the year as well as during National
Eating Disorders Awareness Week, held February 22 – 28, 2009.>
As part of the program, each college receives a kit that includes screening forms
and educational materials about anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and binge eating
disorders as well as healthy eating habits and exercise on campus. Colleges
also receive a guide to help them implement and publicize the program in unique
and creative ways, along with posters and giveaway items.
This year, NEDSP will once again promote the online screenings through a Facebook
social marketing campaign.The 2008 campaign connected 2,465 at students at 309 schools to their college’s
online screening website resulting in a 239% increase in the online screening
numbers from the week before National Eating Disorders Awareness Week to the
week of.Colleges running in person events also had great success – nearly 9,000 people attended in-person
events.
NEDSP
materials can be utilized throughout the academic year by college health and
counseling centers, professors, student groups, athletic teams and Greek
organizations. Students interested in bringing the screening program to their
college can work with their school’s counseling center or health services
center to register for the program.
For
more information or to register for the program visit
www.mentalhealthscreening.org/college or call 781.239.0071.