Word: epo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...peer counseling group, which deals primarily with eating-and weight-related issues, has changed its name from Eating Problems Outreach (EPO) to Eating Concerns Hotline and Outreach (ECHO) to indicate that its counseling is open to general problems, not just weight-related ones, said ECHO counselor Samantha J. Smoot...
Eating Problems Outreach (EPO) handles anonymous calls from students suffering from anorexia nervosa, bulimia and other eating disorders. Those with anorexia, which has been recognized since the Middle Ages, are preoccupied with dieting and lose at least 25 percent of their original body weight yet still see themselves as fat. Bulimia, only recently recognized as a disorder and more difficult to detect, involves a cycle of binging and self-induced purging...
Since 1950 the body weight of women between the ages of 20 and 30 has been increasing, yet the ideals for women have been decreasing, says EPO co-director Julie M. Mihelich '86. "Women are biologically heavier, but [are under pressure] to become slimmer," she says...
...risk to talk with a friend, since anything you say might change their opinion of you. There's a certain objectivity about being anonymous," says Julie M. Mihelich '86, co-director of EPO...
According to Mihelich, just this semester EPO has experienced an increase in number of calls. "There's growing recognition that eating disorders are a legitimate problem. Also, the stigma attached to calling a peer counseling group is diminishing," says Mihelich...