This week from Feb. 26 to March 2, Doane is honoring National Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
To honor this week, Tiger Wellness and the Doane Counseling Office are collaborating to bring more information and awareness to campus.
ED Cares in Omaha, an organization aimed at treating adults with eating disorders will be on campus on Wednesday, Feb. 28. This organization treats bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, binge eating and other eating disorders. They will use their experience treating eating disorders to inform students. ED Cares will be at the Information Desk (Beige Desk) from 11 a.m. to 12:30.
There, students can gain resources. To gain a better understanding of eating disorders and how to support someone going through an eating disorder journey, students, faculty or staff can attend a presentation starting at 1 p.m.
Students can also gain more information about individual conditions, warning signs, symptoms, the effects of that condition as well as treatment options on the ED Cares website at eatingdisorder.care.
The presentation will also be on Feb. 28 held in Trobough in Perry Campus Center.
Questions can be directed to Health and Wellness Director Andreea Baker at andreea.baker@doane.edu. They can also be directed to Director of Counseling Darcy Dawson at darcy. dawson@doane.edu.
