• The purpose of Love Your Body Week is to educate students about healthy body image and self-esteem.
• Cobeen Hall will hold its Freezin' for a Reason Swing-a-Thon for awareness on eating disorders and to raise money for the Eating Disorder Center at Rogers Memorial Hospital.
• Jenni Schaefer will be the week's keynote speaker.

The 11th annual Love Your Body Week continues until Friday with a series of events focused on healthy body image.

"The publicity for this week is to remind people that beauty begins on the inside," said Rebecca Michelsen, a health educator in the Center for Health Education and Promotion.

Most noticeable of this week's events is the Freezin' for a Reason Swing-a-Thon under the Raynor Bridge. It began at 9 a.m. yesterday, and continues until 9:30 p.m. today.

Hosted by residents of Cobeen Hall, the event is now in its third year of raising awareness about eating disorders. The event will raise money for the Eating Disorder Clinic at Rogers Memorial Hospital, according to the Kristen Wetzel, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences.

The Swing-a-Thon's duration -— 36.5 hours — represents loving your body for all 365 days of the year, Wetzel said. Two participants swing for 30 minute sessions at one time. More than 100 Cobeen residents are participating in the event.

"I think Love Your Body Week sends a great message to every man and woman and provides awareness that many girls in America have eating disorders," Wetzel said.

On Thursday, Jenni Schaefer will deliver the week's keynote address in the Alumni Memorial Union Ballrooms. She is a nationally known speaker on the topic of eating disorders and has been profiled by various magazines and newspapers, said Nathan Pruitt, a counselor in the Counseling Center.

He said the Counseling Center is partly responsible for choosing Schaefer as the keynote speaker for the week.

"She had recommendations from other professionals, and it seemed that the audience would really appreciate her," Pruitt said.

Also this week, health educators will provide information on body image, disordered eating, fitness and healthy eating at a "Health Hut" informational table on the second floor of the AMU, Michelsen said.

The purpose of the week is to provide education about having a good body image, self-esteem and overall healthiness, she said.

The planning team for Love Your Body Week included many different offices from Marquette helping to provide different events each day of the week. Planning began in late January.