HSC 418 Advocating for

students in your school

Alex Felts
Feat. Yung Diabetes

Does eating disorders

exist in your school?

Eating Disorders
-Anorexia nervosa
-Bulimia nervosa
-Binge-eating disorder
-purging disorder
-Night eating syndrome
-Abuse of diuretics (aka laxative)

Facts about eating

disorders
At least 30 million people of all ages
and genders suffer from an eating
disorder in the us.

Every 62 minutes at least one

person dies as a direct result from
an eating disorder.

Eating disorders have the highest

mortality rate of any mental illness.

How can we help?

1. Teach students about eating
disorders.

2. Provide locations to get help.

3. Get the word out.

Step one
Contact principle of school.
Email
Letter
Call
Face to face meeting

Step two
Book Jennifer Strickland for
assembly through Just Say Yes
2 student assemblys
1 teacher/staff assembly

https://www.justsayyes.org/spe
aker/jennifer-strickland/

Step three
Create guided questions for
teachers to ask students
following the assembly.

Create guided questions for the

principal to ask teachers/staff
following the assembly.

Step four
Require all teachers to hang
poster during eating disorder
awareness week.

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What is the goal?

To empower students, teachers, and
staff to see themselves positively
and build self-esteem.

Also, to enable students, teachers,

and staff to have the ability to
support those who may be
struggling with an eating disorder.

Ultimately decreasing the amount

of eating disorders in your school.