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The most frequently offered services (offered daily in 60% or more of the colleges) and the services cited as most important: MOST FREQUENTLY OFFERED RANKED MOST IMPORTANT • On staff counselor/psychologist/ psychia trist with a specialty in eating disorders and body image issues • Individual psychotherapy to address eating disorders and body image issues • Pamphlets or information sheets available in health or counseling center • Web sites with information on eating disorders • On staff counselor/psychologist/psychia trist with a specialty in eating disorders and body image issues • Individual psychotherapy to address eating  disorders and body image issues • On Staff nutritionist with eating disorders  specialty • Therapy groups for students with eating  disorder Correlation between importance rating and frequency offered, organized by program/service category (based on cross–tabulation between frequency and importance variables, performed by Cornell University’s Statistical Consulting Unit). After controlling for duplicate answers from representatives of the same institution, the following were rated by 115-119 respondents: group, yet 100% of respondents who said therapy groups are offered at least once per year/semester stated therapy groups for students are somewhat (20%) or very/ extremely (80%) important. • 97.2% of those who have monthly, week- ly or daily therapy groups say it is very/ extremely important. • Of the 44.9% who stated therapy groups are not offered, 75% stated they are very/ extremely or somewhat important. • P–value of .002 indicates that we can reject the hypothesis that the impor- tance variable is independent from the frequency variable. NEDAwareness Week Activities (119 respondents) • Overall, 73% of colleges surveyed offer NEDAwareness Week activities, and 94.1% of all respondents stated it is somewhat (36.1%) or very/extremely (58%) important. Only 5.9% stated that NEDAwareness Week is not important. • The p–value of the chi–squared test is .006, indicating that we can reject the hypothesis that the importance variable is independent from the frequency vari- able. Therapy Groups (118 respondents) • Only 43.2% of campuses offer therapy 18