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Sorority sponsors annual candlelight vigil to support awareness of eating disorders
By Lorraine Rodriguez
The South Texan |
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Delta Phi Epsilon TAMUK chapter joined with The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) and sponsored their annual candlelight vigil to bring awareness to eating disorders at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Bishop Turner Cafeteria.
ANAD is a national organization dedicated to alleviating problems of anorexia and other eating disorders.
Its methods include education, newsletters, counseling, self-help groups, and providing funds for research.
Delta Phi Epsilon is the only one of 26 National Pan Hellenic Council Sororities to sponsor an organization whose sole purpose is to alleviate eating disorders.
The ANAD Candlelight Vigil has been selected as Delta Phi Epsilon’s International Service Day Event, in order to raise awareness of dangers of eating disorders.
“This event is very important to the sorority because it is a national event for Delta Phi Epsilon,” said Vice President of Programming, Victoria Estrada, sophomore, civil engineering major.
“We want to raise awareness on eating disorders for both males and females with the ANAD Pledge to ‘Accept yourself...Accept Others’.”
According to ANAD eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, include extreme emotions, attitudes, and behaviors surrounding weight and food issues.
They are serious emotional and physical problems that can have life-threatening consequences for females and males. All eating disorders require professional help.
ANAD characterizes anorexia nervosa by self-starvation and excessive weight loss.
The symptoms for anorexia nervosa include refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for height, body type, age, and activity level, intense fear of weight gain or being “fat”, feeling “fat” or overweight despite dramatic weight loss, loss of menstrual periods, and extreme concern with body weight and shape.
ANAD characterizes Bulimia nervosa by a secretive cycle of binge eating followed by purging.
Bulimia includes eating large amounts of food—more than most people would eat in one meal—in short periods of time, then getting rid of the food and calories through vomiting, laxative abuse, or over-exercising.
The symptoms for bulimia nervosa include repeated episodes of bingeing and purging, feeling out of control during a binge and eating beyond the point of comfortable fullness, purging after a binge, frequent dieting, and extreme concern with body weight and shape.