Physical well-being is the ability to take care of your body in a way that maximizes optimal health over a sustained period of time.
Physical Well-being Resources
Campus Recreation
With a wide variety of classes to choose from, GW Group Fitness will help you stay motivated, increase energy levels, and have more fun with your workouts.
Intramural sports enable students to reap the health and wellness benefits of athletic competition. Club sports are registered student organizations established by students who are motivated by a common interest to participate in a specific sport.
Access over 100 group fitness classes, workshops, and how-to's from GW Campus Recreation.
Colonial Health Center
Visit the health insurance website for questions regarding the Student Health Insurance Plan.
Call (202) 994-5300 to make a telehealth appointment with the Colonial Health Center for:
Call (202) 994-5300 to make a telehealth appointment regarding psychiatric services with the Colonial Health Center.
Dining Services
Learn how to manage your dining plan, find vendors partnered with GW, and learn more about healthy nutrition.
Have a food allergy, dietary restriction, or question about eating nutritiously on campus? Connect with Samantha Baker, GW's registered dietitian!
The Store, GW's Food Pantry
Sign up to access The Store, GW's student-run food pantry. The Store provides resources and support for students living with food insecurity, including pantry staples, interview clothing, toiletries, menstrual hygiene products, school supplies, and more. All GW students may sign up to receive access.
DC Eating Disorder Support Groups
Eating Disorder Hope has compiled a comprehensive list of information on Washington D.C. eating disorder support groups.
Healthy Sexuals
Find organizations in your area that give away free sexual health barriers, LGBTQ-friendly doctors, STI testing locations, and more.
MyPlate
MyPlate offers ideas and tips to help you create a healthier eating style that meets your individual needs and improves your health.
Power To Decide
Explore fun and accurate information about sexual health, relationships, and contraception. Use Power to Decide's tools and apps to discover the birth control that’s right for you and where to find it.
Self-Help Tools
Support Forums
The National Eating Disorders Association's support forums provide safe spaces for individuals to discuss with other people experiencing the same issues.
Intuitive Eating Tips
Intuitive eating is a non-diet approach to eating that encourages you to make peace with all types of food, listen to your body, and eat what feels right for you.
MyPlate Tools
Use these fun tools to test your knowledge, build nutrition skills, and make a healthy eating plan for yourself.
Sleep Cycle App
Sleep Cycle analyzes your sleep and wakes you up at the most appropriate time in your sleep cycle so you can feel less groggy waking up.
Podcasts
Consider the following podcasts to further explore physical well-being topics that interest you!
April 10, 2019
In this #hurdlemoment, Emily Abbote shares her tried-and-true tips on how to start running—and stay running. “I totally understand why you might feel intimidated. Picking up any new hobby can definitely feel overwhelming. The good news? With the right attitude, you too will be crushing morning miles in no time.”
The Body Image Podcast is a podcast about body image and the many layers that go into making peace with our bodies. Podcast host, Non-Diet Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Corinne Dobbas, MS, RD, talks with guests to help unpack these layers while discussing what positive body image means and looks like in real life.
Episode 1102 | August 31, 2020
Bret Gornik and Jason Loebig of LiveBetterCo discuss the social pressures tied to eating and how to combat them.
Insomnia? Mind racing at night? Worries keeping you up? Tune in for a bedtime story that lets you forget your problems and puts you to sleep.
April 1, 2020
Sharing wisdom and debunking myths, sleep scientist Matt Walker discusses the impact of sleep on mind and body and details practices you can start (and stop) doing tonight to get some rest.
