According to the Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, the nation's largest non-profit organization devoted to the awareness and prevention of eating disorders, these estimates are conservative.
Many cases go unreported due to the secretiveness and shame associated with eating disorders.
An all-day seminar sponsored by the Women s Resource Center was held on Tuesday, Oct. 17, to discuss and raise awareness about body image and eating disorders. The seminar included workshops, discussions and interactive theater presentations. Abby Gosselin, a second year graduate student in Philosophy, organized the event. It s such a huge issue and I wanted to create discussion about it, Gosselin said. We want to encourage people to love their bodies, and if they do have an eating disorder to get help.