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Kristina N. Vetter ’04, co-chair of Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach (ECHO) combats the idea that Harvard is somehow to blame. She writes in an email, “Harvard does not ‘cause’ eating disorders in its students, but many students bring eating disorders or the tendency toward them to this campus. I do think that this college is populated by highly talented and often competitive students whose desire to excel in the classroom, on the athletic field, and in extracurricular activities is often paralleled by a similar commitment...
While he concedes that Harvard has ample services available to address eating concerns—namely ECHO, Undergraduate Health Services, and the Bureau of Study Council—Woods complains that male eating issues are “really not taken seriously.” He says that “a misconception is that eating disorders affect only women.” This notion compounds the obstacles men face to seek help for their eating issues. “There is an additional layer of feeling that as a man he shouldn’t be suffering...
...longer you wait, the longer it is going to be to treat.” If you suspect someone has a problem, “emphasize the other things you like about this person, besides their appearance” or to confront them and point them towards ECHO or Harvard’s mental health services...
Kristina N. Vetter ’04, co-chair of Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach (ECHO) combats the idea that Harvard is somehow to blame. She writes in an email, “Harvard does not ‘cause’ eating disorders in its students, but many students bring eating disorders or the tendency toward them to this campus. I do think that this college is populated by highly talented and often competitive students whose desire to excel in the classroom, on the athletic field, and in extracurricular activities is often paralleled by a similar commitment...
While he concedes that Harvard has ample services available to address eating concerns—namely ECHO, Undergraduate Health Services, and the Bureau of Study Council—Woods complains that male eating issues are “really not taken seriously.” He says that “a misconception is that eating disorders affect only women.” This notion compounds the obstacles men face to seek help for their eating issues. “There is an additional layer of feeling that as a man he shouldn’t be suffering...