Short, tall, slim, plump, black, white and anything in between — every body is being celebrated as a part of the national Eating Disorders Awareness Week.The week’s theme, “Every Body is Beautiful: Celebrating the Diversity of Every Body,” recognizes the beauty of all body shapes and sizes and suggests everyone can benefit from eating-disorder awareness, said Brooks Morse, eating-disorder coordinator and staff psychologist for ISU Student Counseling Services.Information on eating disorders and other health issues will be available in front of the Memorial Union food court and at a resource fair from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Lied Recreation Center.ISU Student Counseling Services will provide information on body image, eating disorders and other mental health information, Morse said. The ISU Student Wellness Center will also provide information on fitness, nutrition and stress management, said Lauri Dusselier, program coordinator for the Student Health Center.The variety of resources at the fair represents the idea that part of being happy with one’s body and mind means making healthful choices in all areas of life, said Becky Hammitt, dietitian at the Wellness Center.In the past, only white, middle-upper class, heterosexual females were perceived as having eating disorders, Morse said.”Eating disorders do not discriminate among gender, race, ethnicity, class or sexual orientation,” she said.College campuses can be a breeding ground for disordered eating, making Eating Disorder Awareness Week very important, said Andrea Conner, education programs coordinator for the Margaret Sloss House Women’s Center.”Disordered eating runs rampant on college campuses,” she said. “And it is not just common eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia — it is also low self-esteem and over-exercising.”Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder, affect millions of men and women in the United States, Morse said. However, many don’t recognize the problem.”I think that many people believe eating disorders are diagnosed by body appearance and that, if they don’t look a certain way, they may not have an eating disorder,” she said. “Many people may have certain characteristics of an eating disorder but don’t know it.”College students are particularly susceptible to eating disorders because of their age and surroundings, Morse said.”College students are still developing,” she said. “It is also a time of transitions and individualization.”College life is also full of competition, and controlling how students look is a way for them to feel better about themselves in that environment, Morse said. Anyone concerned about an unhealthy relationship with food may contact ISU Student Counseling for more information, she said.The Wellness Center also can help with diet concerns, said Hammitt, graduate assistant at the Student Health Center.Students with eating disorders can benefit from seeing a dietitian to help get back on track with a proper diet and gain a healthier perspective about food, she said.The purpose of Eating Disorder Awareness Week is to “normalize eating disorders by talking about them freely,” said Conner, graduate student in educational leadership and policy studies.”It is making people aware that there are services out there to help them,” she said. “They don’t have to struggle through by themselves.”