Student Health & Wellness has launched an initiative to aid freshman that are negatively affected by the secondhand effects of peer alcohol use. Their new class “Look Once, Think Twice” began fall 2012 and is specifically designed for students who are found responsible for being in the presence of alcohol, but not necessarily consuming any.
Posts Categorized: Health
Body image awareness
At the University of Iowa Health Fair on March 6th, the Eating Disorder Awareness Advocates (EDAA) placed a life-sized Barbie® doll on display. With a height of 5’9” and weight of 110 pounds, the EDAA sought to use this visual representation to highlight the pervasiveness of unrealistic body images in the media. For Nina Aleksic, junior and biomedical engineering major at the UI, it’s an issue that is especially salient to students on a college campus.
Cooking for Cupid
This Valentine’s Day, treat your significant other to something unique rather than that box of gamble chocolate and a packed restaurant. Especially for the guys out there, very few things are more impressive than to know your way around a whisk or to crack an egg one-handed.
Conquer Your Stress
Don’t let finals get you down. Use these strategies to ease stress and ace the tests. Finals week can be as stressful as you make it to be. If you’re like the student above, working on overload and living 24/7 at the library can be detrimental to your health and your test performance. The tests,
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‘Tis The Season for Giving
Photo by SeanLeonardPerry This Winter Season, don’t just give items away to those who need it, but create a new sense of self. We are always evolving into our better selves. From the clothes bought to the music listened to, a sense of self is always defined and recreated, but are material items the things that
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Work it Out with Sworkit [App Review]
Do you want to workout, but don’t have a lot of time or want to stay in the warm confines of your dorm/apartment when it is chilly out? Sworkit is a free app that provides workouts wherever you are and doesn’t require any equipment. What it Offers Sworkit offers two routes for getting a daily
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Eating Healthy with Easy Switches
The dreaded (and according to Student Health, mythical) Freshman 15 was impossible for me to gain, given that I lived at Mayflower, frequently missed the bus by about a minute, and had to run-walk to make it to class on time. On top of that, the University of Iowa campus and downtown is spread around enough
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The Post About Sleep…
A good night’s sleep can fend off sickness and improve your focus. It’s getting towards that time in the semester where it’s the calm before the storm. Finals week is a looming doom with students have up to 6 finals/projects due. It is the instant response to stress out, guzzle caffeinated drinks, and lose sleep
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