SCRANTON, PA-February 12, 2008.

Health and well being will be the focus of Marywood University's sixth annual "Celebrate Your Body Wellness Fair" on Thursday, February 21. The fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Fireplace Lounge of Nazareth Student Center on the campus of Marywood University.

The "Celebrate Your Body Wellness Fair" is an interactive program used to promote positive body image, fitness and personal health. There will be informational booths on personal health care; nutrition; physical fitness; positive body image; yoga; massages; Reiki and face, tongue and nail Wellness Evaluations; blood pressure screenings; colon cancer oral assessments; as well as eating attitude screenings. The American Lung Association, Mariposa Counseling Services, yoga practitioner Dr. Beatriz Rivera-Barnes, McCann Massage School and the Sleep Lab of NEPA are among the community resources involved in the fair.

In conjunction with National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, nutrition students will be on hand to teach about food portions and the food pyramid. Educational materials will be available on body size acceptance and healthy eating. In addition, the Counseling/Student Development Center will be providing eating attitude screenings.

The "Celebrate Your Body Wellness Fair" is hosted by Marywood University's Counseling/Student Development Center and Peers on Wellness. Other participating Marywood departments will be student health services, athletics department, health and physical education, physician assistant program, nutrition and dietetics, Chartwell's Dining and the Marywood library.

The fair is free and open to the community. If you would like more information or directions, please call Marywood University's Counseling/Student Development Center at: 570-348-6245.