Officials are hosting a National Eating Disorders Awareness Week panel.
The Oklahoma Eating Disorder Association is working with OCU Counseling Services to bring the panel to campus.
The panelists will discuss eating disorders, the signs and how to recover from them. The discussion will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 27 in Room 214 of the Dulaney-Browne Library.
The women speaking at the event will be Paulette Pitt, Deanna James and Michelle Hill.
Pitt has a doctorate degree in neuropsychology and specializes in assessment, psychology and psychotherapy. James has a counseling license and is a certified eating disorder specialist. Hill has a counseling license as well.
It is the first year officials have brought a panel to speak for NEDA week.
“We did it this year because we are wanting to get awareness out there about it. On campus, being kind of a theater, dance school, we see a lot of issues with disordered eating and questions about nutrition,” said Lori Finley, OCU counselor.
Eating disorders are common on college campuses, but there has been a high amount of reports regarding eating disorders and nutrition concerns here at OCU, Finley said.
Kelly Pan, nursing freshman, said officials are doing a great thing by bringing this panel on campus.
“Eating disorders are very prominent everywhere, but especially here at this school because obviously performance things can be very look-based,” Pan said.
The discussion is free to the campus community, and anyone is welcome to bring questions they wish to ask the panel.
For more information, email info@okeatingdisorders.org or call (405) 418-4448.
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