Dartmouth Chews on ‘No Diet Day’
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Happy No Diet Day! Put off feeling bad about your bodies until tomorrow. For today, it’s Häagen-Dazs for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
Tabletops littered with Ghirardelli chocolate bars, slices of ham, graham crackers and mini eclairs attracted students to Collis Common Ground on Monday to commemorate International No Diet Day, an annual event to raise awareness about the adverse effects of dieting. Eating Disorder Peer Advisors and College Health Services coordinated the event at Dartmouth.
“We intend to make people aware of the dangers of dieting,” said Kari Jo Grant, coordinator of Dartmouth’s health education programs, which oversees EDPA. “You discover that you don’t need to diet because it can be harmful for you.”
Exhibits and handouts detailed the myths and facts about and the dangers of improper dieting, while audio excerpts from the documentary “Dieting: At War With Our Bodies” played in the background.
“The documentary describes people’s struggles with dieting in the past,” Grant said. “It also details the psychology behind dieting, why it doesn’t work and why it isn’t effective.”
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