The Suffolk County Department of Health Services’ Division of Preventive Medicine, in its continuing efforts to promote good health practices among the population, asks residents to recognize the signs of eating disorders. According to the National Eating Disorder Association, as many as ten million females and one million males in the U.S. are battling eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. Approximately 25 million more are struggling with binge eating. Millions practice disordered eating due to an obsession with dieting.

A meeting of the Maxine S. Postal Tri Community Health Center Advisory Board has been scheduled to be held on Thursday, March 1, 2012.

A meeting of the John J. Foley Skilled Nursing Facility Oversight Committee has been scheduled to be held on Wednesday, February 29, 2012.

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services’ Division of Environmental Quality will hold its regular monthly Board of Review hearings on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. in the conference room at 360 Yaphank Ave., Suite 2C, Yaphank, NY 11980.

The Suffolk County Department of Health Services will hold its Board of Health meeting on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. in the health administrative board room at 225 Rabro Drive East, Hauppauge.