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A board set up in Norris where students could share their body acceptance stories during Body Acceptance Week.

Students reflect on body positivity, engage with body acceptance initiatives

March 2, 2020

Last week was Northwestern’s Body Acceptance Week, an annual celebration full of events and educational resources about healthy relationships with food and one’s body. As part of that week, students...

Megan Campbell, a Chicago-based dietitian. She spoke Thursday to an audience in Harris Hall as part of Northwestern’s Body Acceptance Week.

Body Acceptance Week speaker and Chicago dietitian Megan Campbell talks food positivity and body acceptance

February 28, 2020

Chicago-based dietitian Megan Campbell discussed how societal messaging shapes internal relationships with food and body image at a Thursday event in Harris Hall. Northwestern University College Feminists...

Lipman: Northwestern needs to do better to support people with eating disorders

Lipman: Northwestern needs to do better to support people with eating disorders

March 3, 2019

Content warning: This column includes detailed descriptions of eating disorders and mental health issues. I always suspected I had a problem with eating. However, I didn’t understand the extent....

The You Are Beautiful arch, created by designer Matthew Hoffman, will be at the plaza in front of University Library until Friday. The arch is part of Northwestern’s celebration of Body Acceptance Week.

Northwestern participates in ‘You Are Beautiful’ campaign

February 16, 2015

Northwestern is participating in the national "You Are Beautiful" campaign as part of Body Acceptance Week, which started Monday. This is the first time NU will be spreading the campaign, which sends...

Lisa Lee, former publisher of Hyphen magazine, gives the keynote presentation for Northwestern’s Body Acceptance Week in Harris Hall Monday night. Lee talked about creating ThickDumplingSkin.com, an online forum for discussing eating disorders and body image issues in the Asian-American community.

Body Acceptance Week speaker addresses Asian American body image

February 10, 2014

To kick off Northwestern's Body Acceptance Week, Lisa Lee, Facebook's former diversity program manager, spoke at Harris Hall Monday about ways Asian-Americans can develop a healthy body image. Lee is...

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