A Wellness course is offered each six-week term for Physical Education credit. The course includes aerobic fitness, nutrition, and stress management. A nutrition component focuses on eating behaviors that promote health. A nutritional software program is also available to analyze your caloric intake so that you are more aware of your own particular dietary needs. For the past several years, Wellesley College has sponsored a week long program to increase awareness among students about healthy and unhealthy eating patterns and other eating behaviors.
Guest speakers address the role of food in women s lives.
Issues such as eating disorders, societal messages about women and their bodies, eating habits, body image, and others are presented. At the Bulletin prompt, select Body-image to connect to a forum open only to Wellesley College members for a discussion of any of the above issues. A campus-wide Eating Concerns Committee meets approximately every three weeks in the Stone Center to consider campus issues and needs regarding healthy and unhealthy eating and to develop programs to meet those needs. Interested students, faculty and staff are welcome.