Ways to control eating habits

Press, 23 October 1989, Page 14

Ways to control eating habits

Women with eating disorders often have very confused ideas about how fat they are. They are also under a lot of pressure to conform to an “ideal” shape that bears little resemblance to the bodies of most women. It isn’t their own bodies that are wrong — it’s the female stereotype pushed at us through the media. A workshop of women who are out of control of their eating patterns begins on Sunday, November 5, followed by six twohour sessions on successive Wednesdays.

This is for women who eat when they are bored, upset, angry or hurt — or who don’t know why they’re eating again. It is •for women who are sick of dieting. The workshop is being run by Sally, Ruth and Kim from the Women With Eating Disorders Resource Centre, at the Cranmer Centre. The cost is $lOO, negotiable. The three women want to help other women find healthy options for living and develop a more realistic and accepting image of themselves and their bodies. For more information phone Kim at 667-725. Funding Finding funding is a key issue for most community groups. A lot of time and energy can be saved by knowing where

to go. A workshop to pass on information about current funding available, if your organisation is eligible, how to apply for money and when it is dispersed will be held at the Lyttelton Recreation Centre this Friday, October 27. Lesley Mac Gibbon, the funding adviser from the Internal Affairs Department, will be speaking. The workshop runs from 10 a.m. until noon. The cost is $2 per organisation. There will be plenty of time for questions. To book phone Lyttelton 8794 by Wednesday, and leave a message on the answerphone.

A creche is available between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Phone Lyttelton 7524 tomorrow morning to book. Kitchen Table Is it feasible to hold a Socialism meets Feminism conference in Christchurch next year, like the one recently held in Wellington? This will be a discussion topic at a meeting of The Kitchen Table this Saturday, October 28.

Also to be looked at is the economic education for women course Kitchen Table is running at the Workers Educational Association next year.

Suggestions will be welcomed. Last month’s meeting of The Kitchen Table decided to call for the 1990 celebrations to be stopped. “Given the economic climate of the times, and that the Treaty of Waitangi has not been honoured, the celebrations are inappropriate,” says a member of the group. Saturday’s meeting will be at the W.E.A., 59 Gloucester Street, at 1.45 p.m. For more information phone Moira at 518472, Torfrida at 891-327 or Koa at 588-495. If you want a creche phone Torfrida beforehand.

Healthy Cities The aim of the Healthy Cities project is to enhance the physical, emotional and social health of people in cities, and ensure a healthy environment. The project is part of a World Health Organisation campaign to work towards Health For All by the Year 2000.

All those involved in the running of Christchurch, and those who care about the future of our city, are invited to a Healthy Cities Seminar this Thursday, October 26. This is being run in conjunction with Going for Goals, and is being coordinated by the Health Development Unit of the Canterbury Area Health Board. The seminar will be from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Christchurch Airport Travelodge. The cost is $2O, or $3O with lunch. For more information and registrations phone 799-480. Threat to Filipinos Indigenous Filipinos, like indigenous peoples everywhere, are facing loss of land, forests, and food resources as well as threats to their language, culture and self-deter-mination. New Zealanders are directly involved in this process through the reforestation project in Mindanao, which is threatening the ancestral lands and livelihood of the people there, says the Christchurch Philippines Solidarity Group. Yul Caringas and Mel Elio are members of the Filipino Lumad tribe who are visiting Christchurch next week to tell New Zealanders of the impact of the reforestation project. They will speak at a public meeting at the Workers’ Educational Association, 59 Gloucester Street, next Monday, October 30, at 7.45 p.m. All welcome.