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Additional Resources

  • Group starts 2/23
    Register ONLINE Now!
  • Free Nutrition Counseling for UNH students who have paid the health fee is available by calling (603) 862-3823 or visiting HealthOnline

    Good Eats Cookbook
    Download healthy and easy to make recipes from the Health Services cookbook.

    The Non-Diet Approach

    This approach is focused on total health enhancement and well-being, rather than weight loss or achieving a specific ideal weight.

    Body Movement and Exercise
    Being physically active is important to your health and feeling good about your body.

    Body Image
    Learning to love the body you were born with is important to your overall wellness.

    Resource Library
    The Health Services library is available to the UNH Community. Check out lots of great resources on nutrition, body image and eating concerns.

    Contact Us!
    (603) 862-3823
    Health Services, Room 249
    health.services@unh.edu
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  • Due to the high demand for our services, if you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment, we recommend you do so at least 24 hours in advance. You may call or e-mail us.

No Weigh!

A group for college students who are tired of diets that don't work!


"You haven't failed diets, diets have failed you."

The media has permeated our culture with a “healthy thin ideal” body type that often leaves us struggling to know how to eat. Because food is so abundant in our society, we often find ourselves eating in the absence of hunger or overeating. At times we reach for the comfort of food to soothe uncomfortable emotions and at other times we may neglect to honor our bodies’ hunger signals. The No Weigh Group is intended for all college students who want to normalize their eating patterns and manage their weight sustainably without feeling guilty or living through another cycle of losing weight and regaining.

In this group, participants will...

  • Engage with other students through discussion and experential activities
  • Explore past eating behaviors and discover new ways to connect with eating
  • Experience how being mindful and using mindfulness techniques can help to create a healthy relationship with food
  • Acquire the confidence to self-regulate and balance chaotic eating patterns

Through experiential activities, meditation, mindfulness and education, this group will allow you to become an attuned eater. Attuned eating allows you to stop feeling preoccupied with food, weight, and eating, to relax around food, and to be conscious of your decisions to eat or not eat.

This group is created and facilitated by:

Maria Larkin, RD, LD, M.Ed
Nutrition Counselor

Allison Enright
Graduate Social Work Intern

Register for the Spring 2010 Group!

  • Tuesdays 2:00p.m. - 3:20p.m.
  • Four weeks: 2/23, 3/2, 3/9 and 3/23
  • Health Services Conference Rooms (second floor)
  • Light snacks and drinks provided
  • Attendance at all group sessions is strongly encouraged
  • Group is free to all undergraduate and graduate students
  • Space is limited, register now!

Register Online Now...

 

Important Note:
If you are struggling with an eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, we suggest making individual counseling/education appointment with Maria Larkin, Nutrition Counselor, in place of this group. Appointments may be made online or by calling (603) 862-3823.

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