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Some students struggle with eating disorders due in part to the media or psychological triggers Isabel Corona @IsabelLCorona
College students are at an elevated risk for developing eating disorders and Boise State students are not exempt. The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) reported that 25 percent of college-aged females used binging and purging to manage their weight. Karla West, director of Counseling Services, said peer pressure is a major reason why young people are so vulnerable to developing eating disorders. “They are still learning and developing that whole identity process—psychological development of identity—so that influence can be much stronger during those years,” West said. College students who live on campus may be more at risk. “If you look at residential campuses, then you are magnifying the peer pressure group, because they tend to be around their peers all the
time versus in the wider culture they may be around various generations,” West said. Junior English major, with an emphasis in writing Kim Wilson, who struggles with anorexia and bulimia, explained why being surrounded by people dealing with the same issues as her does more harm than good. “One-on-one sessions with a therapist (are) beneficial, but a lot of the time I don’t think it’s helpful if people with eating disorders associate with other people with eating disorders,” Wilson said. “They tend to trigger each other.” Media influences body image as well. West said young people are more susceptible to eating disorders because they constantly interact with media. “College students are high users of social media and not just social media, but all types of media. So, they are very susceptible to those images as well,” said Megan McGuffey, graduate assistant and registered dietician with Wellness Services.
Wilson said the media perpetuates the notion of unhealthy dieting by promoting unrealistic standards. “Self, Shape, Women’s Health, all those magazines, if you read the diets that they have, they are very, very restrictive. They talk about celebrities’ eating habits and those eating habits are ridiculous,” Wilson said. People with eating disorders often exhibit low sense of self-worth, helplessness and fear of not fitting the physical standards society has created, West explained. Many individuals with eating disorders struggle with control. West said some people develop these conditions as a result of wanting to have control over some aspect of their life. “That’s a big thing with some eating disorders; people will revert when their life feels like they are out of control. That’s something they feel like they can control,” West said. Wilson, who has generalized anxiety disorder, said she’s always had unorthodox
ways of controlling her anxiety. After getting her wisdom teeth taken out, she found a new way to have control. “Anytime I got really stressed out, I would just stop eating, because I would like the sense of control that I had,” Wilson said. According to McGuffey, side effects of eating disorders include depression, loss
of menstrual cycle, constipation, slowed metabolism, severe weight loss for anorexics and erosion of enamel for bulimics. Slowed metabolism results from reduced lean muscle mass and returns to normal when a healthy diet is established. West stated that 1 in 10 cases of anorexia results in death, resulting from cardiac
arrest, medical complications or suicide caused by depression. “I think that people need to realize that we’re all beautiful and you don’t have to be like anyone else to be beautiful,” Wilson said. If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder contact Health Services.
According to the National Eating Disorder Association, over the last 13 years... The number of female students who reported struggling with an eating disorder increased from
23 to 32%.
For males it increased from 7.9% to
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95% of universities reported an increase in students using their services.
Golf to build new indoor practice facility Nate Lowery Staff Writer
Long, bleak, freezing winters, defined by snow and gray skies, have never been advantageous for Boise State’s golf programs. Months locked in two small rooms in Bronco Stadium – dubbed the “dungeons” by the men’s golf team – have led to struggles recruiting and rusty golfers come the spring season. For those reasons, head coach Kevin Burton has begun a campaign to raise $500,000 in order to build a state of the art indoor
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practice facility located at Warm Springs Golf Course. “When I first took over the program nine years ago we had nothing,” Burton said. “They’re not the nicest in the world but it’s gotten the job done. It’s at the point where we need to upgrade ours and get something done.” The new facility will feature a hitting center which would allow four golfers to hit at once. The hitting center will be equipped with state of the art video and launch monitors and new club fitting technology. Alongside the hitting
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center will be a 2,500 sq. ft. indoor facility used for practice in short game and putting. It will equipped with a three tier putting green with three different kinds of grasses to hit from. Burton hopes to raise the $500,000 through both naming rights and private donations. In order to have the facility built by winter, the money must be raised by the end of May or early June. “It’s not going to be easy,” Burton said. While appreciative of the rooms in Bronco Stadium provided, freshman David
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Elliot feels they are not getting the job done. “One of the main things you miss out on all winter is seeing the ball fly,” Elliot said. “You can do as much on your swing as you can and get kind of a general feeling of your shot, but unless you can actually see where the ball is going you’re never 100% sure.” The new indoor facility will not only help the Broncos enter spring with a better feeling of their game, but also level the playing field when it comes to recruiting. Boise State has recently
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A rendering of plans for the new facility. struggled to recruit against other MWC schools such as Wyoming -- which just completed a $2 million facility. “To bring a golfer to Boise, ID is not the easiest
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thing in the world,” Burton said. “They usually get here and love the city and love the school. We do have a phenomenal community, but the winter aspect does scare some away.”
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