The National Collegiate Competitive Eating Association Announces Search For The Nations Top Collegiate Competitive Eater

Madison, WI (PRWEB) June 22, 2011

The National Collegiate Competitive Eating Association (The NCCEA) has launched the first-ever Elite Collegiate Student Eater Search to find the top Collegiate Student Eaters throughout the country. Starting today, Collegiate Eaters are invited to submit their profiles along with their eating and academic accomplishments on-line (http://www.TheNCCEA.com) along with explaining why they believe they deserve to be crowned The NCCEAs Most Elite Collegiate Student Eater and win a $ 100.00 prize that will be valid at an on-line retailer specializing in University and college textbooks and course materials. The search will run through mid-September and updates will be done regularly on the Rankings page of The National Collegiate Competitive Eating Associations website.

The National Collegiate Competitive Eating Association has attracted a tremendous audience to Collegiate Competitive Eating and engaging our fans and Collegiate Student Eaters through our Elite Collegiate Student Eater Search gives them an opportunity to immediately become involved with the competition, entertainment and awards that The NCCEA promotes, said Todd The Hungry Genius Greenwald, Commissioner of The NCCEA. The Elite Collegiate Student Eater Search is a new and exciting way for The NCCEA to engage the passion and enthusiasm found at the core of all college students and create an opportunity for competition between Collegiate Student Eaters to prove just who is the Nations finest Collegiate Student Eater not just at the dinner table but also in the classroom.

The NCCEA will establish a ranking system of the Elite Collegiate Student Eater Search submissions to create a list of the Nations Top Collegiate Student Eaters which will be capped off with the announcement of The NCCEAs Most Elite Collegiate Student Eater in October. The ranked Collegiate Student Eaters will be identified on The NCCEAs website (http://www.thenccea.com/rankings___records.html) and will be updated to keep all rankings and information up to date. The Top 5 ranked NCCEA Collegiate Student Eaters will be invited to compete in the NCCEA sanctioned Student Eater Showdown which will award the winner a $ 500.00 scholarship prize at a location and date to be determined in 2012.

The National Collegiate Competitive Eating Association Board of Directors (Todd The Hungry Genius Greenwald, Dave Coondog OKarma and Arnie Chowhound Chapman - additional information can be found at http://thenccea.com/About_The_NCCEA.html) have encouraged all college students to begin Eating For Education and the Elite Collegiate Student Eater Search is yet another way that the trio have cemented their commitment and dedication to the higher education students of America. It is their goal to connect Collegiate Student Eaters to scholarship prizes which are sponsored by some of the greatest businesses and companies in America. The NCCEA Sponsors create the opportunities presented by The National Collegiate Competitive Eating Association and have the opportunity to reach a large targeted audience at NCCEA events which are scheduled as Collegiate Competitive Eating events and as shared events with ALL PRO Eating (http://www.CompetitiveEaters.com) which would include a Professional event sanctioned by ALL PRO Eating and a Collegiate event sanctioned by The National Collegiate Competitive Eating Association.

Founded in 2011, The National Collegiate Competitive Eating Association is the Nations leading sanctioning body of Collegiate Competitive Eating. The NCCEA and their Sponsors are committed to providing safe and fair Collegiate Competitive Eating events and competitions that award education and scholarship prizes to the winners. The National Collegiate Competitive Eating Association has developed the highest standards and ethics that provide a model to their participants, audience and Sponsors.

###

The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness Calls Upon Apple Inc. to Change New IMAC Campaign Claiming That, "You Can't Be Too Thin. Or Too Powerful."

North Palm Beach, FL (PRWEB) August 20, 2007

The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness reacted today to the new Apple Inc IMAC Campaign, "The new iMac. You can't be too thin. Or too powerful." The Alliance questions, "What kind of message is Apple sending our youth with an ad campaign of this nature?"

The truth is one CAN be too thin. According to the American Psychological Association, in the United States alone 7 -10 million individuals are struggling with eating disorders. Of that 10 to 20 percent of them will not survive their struggle. Eating disorders not only have extreme physical and mental repercussions - including the highest mortality rate among all psychological disorders but they also act as a barrier for personal growth, achievement, education, and success. We live in a society in which Messages from the media are influential and they do make a difference.

"As not only the Executive Director of The Alliance, but also a recovering anorectic and exercise bulimic, I must say that I find the new IMAC campaign troubling and extremely triggering," said Johanna Kandel. "Apple's revamping of the Duchess of Windsor's adage draws a direct connection between being thin and being powerful. While this concept may work well from a technological perspective, it can become deadly in the eyes of an individual that is genetically predisposed to developing an eating disorder."

According to a study by Gaesser (1996), over 1/2 the females between the ages of 18-25 would prefer to be run over by a truck then be fat, and 2/3 surveyed would rather be mean or stupid. Many individuals define their self worth, their happiness, their successes on their ability to achieve the ultimate "ideal." The struggle goes on indefinitely until death demands it cannot go on anymore. This is the struggle that The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness and like organizations fight on a daily basis. This is the struggle millions of Americans, both male and female, endure.

The Alliance is concerned that the new IMAC Campaign, while well intentioned, has the potential to push a young girl with low self-esteem into a deadly disease or trigger a person struggling with recovery back into the throws of an eating disorder. "The negative implications are too numerous to count. There must be a better way to sell computers then to utilize this dangerous slogan," said Ms. Kandel.

In October of 2000, The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness (The Alliance) was created as a source of community outreach, education, awareness, and prevention of the various eating disorders currently plaguing our nation. Since its inception, The Alliance has offered presentations on eating disorders and their prevention to over 60,000 individuals, as well as advocates for change in eating disorders legislation. Through presentations, workshops, phone and email support, treatment referrals, support groups, and information packets, the Alliance offers opportunities for individuals to receive the information the need free of charge.

For more information, please contact The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness at 866.622.1235 or at http://www.eatingdisorderinfo.org

Contacts:

Johanna S. Kandel, Executive Director

###

Find More Imac Press Releases