JCU hosts
panel discussion on eating disorders
|
 "Anorexics don't diet to
lose weight, but to control the world around them," declared Elizabeth Sweeney (at
right), and she spoke from experience. A recovering victim of
the eating disorder, she shared her struggle and the invaluable insights she gained from
it as she participated in a panel discussion on October 23, 2000 sponsored by JCU Health Services
and the University Counseling Center. Click on the name to hear presentations by:
Elizabeth Sweeney,
recovering victim
Karen Vargo, MD, Cleveland
Clinic physician
Lucene Wisniewski,
PhD, Laurelwood psychologist
Karin Palmer, RD, Eating
Disorders Associates nutritionist
|
Q&A
session (click on "Answer") |
| 1. What do you tell a person, a friend,
who has an eating disorder? |
Answer by Dr. Lucene
Wisniewski and Dr. Vargo. |
| 2. What about people who seem to get
help, but then they go away for the summer, and when they come back, they're having the
problem again? |
Answer by Dr. Vargo and
Dr. Lucene Wisniewski. |
| 3. Is smoking related to eating disorder? |
Answer by Dr. Lucene
Wisniewski. |
| 4. How much does the stereotyping in the
media have to do with the problem? |
Answer by Dr. Lucene
Wisniewski. |
| 5. Do all eating disorders have something
to do with a desire to be in control? |
Answer by Dr. Lucene
Wisniewski. |
| 6. Does an anorexic ever stop eating
completely, or do they always eat a small amount of food? |
Answer by Dr. Lucene
Wisniewski and Nutritionist Karin Palmer. |
| 7. What's the best thing a parent can do
to help? |
Answer by Elizabeth
Sweeney and Dr. Lucene Wisniewski. |
| 8. What happens when a person tries to
diet and gets into an eating disorder problem? |
Answer by Nutritionist
Karin Palmer. |
| 9. Have you overcome OCD (obsessive
compulsive disorder)? What do you do to fight it? |
Answer by Elizabeth
Sweeney and Dr. Lucene Wisniewski. |
| For more information, contact the University Counseling Center (4283) or Health Services (4349). |
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