Week Holds Mirror to Bodies, Body Image

Feb. 23 to March 28 -- Healthy messages about body image, proper diet and exercise, and self-acceptance will be the focus of "Celebrate Your Body Week" at UC Davis. As a warm-up to the week, Katie Rubin will use comedy, poetry and song to highlight her personal journey out of food, sex and drug addiction in the Ballroom of the Activities and Recreation Center at 7 p.m. Feb. 23. Other sessions during the week will highlight cosmetic surgery as reality TV, the myths and realities of weight loss, and ways to fight negative body image. The events, which coincide with National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, are free and open to the public. For more information, see http://caps.ucdavis.edu/eduprograms/celebratebody.html.

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Julia Ann Easley, General news (emphasis: business, K-12 outreach, education, law, government and student affairs), 530-752-8248, jaeasley@ucdavis.edu

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