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Eating disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders
in adolescent and young adult females, affecting approximately 10%
of young women. Unfortunately, less than half of those with eating
disorders receive treatment, which can be very expensive. Thus,
effective prevention has become a major public health priority. The
Body Project is an empirically based eating disorder prevention
program that offers young women an opportunity to critically
consider the costs of pursuing the ultra-thin ideal promoted in the
mass media, which improves body acceptance and reduces risk for
developing eating disorders. Young women with elevated body
dissatisfaction are recruited for group sessions in which they
participate in a series of verbal, written, and behavioral
exercises in which they consider the negative effects of pursuing
the thin-ideal. Chapters provide information on the significance of
body image and eating disorders, the intervention theory, the
evidence base which supports the theory, recruitment and training
procedures, solutions to common challenges, and a new program aimed
at reducing obesity onset, as well as intervention scripts and
participant handouts. The Body Project is the only currently
available eating disorder prevention program that has been shown to
reduce risk for onset of eating disorders and received support in
trials conducted by several independent research groups. The group
sessions are brief and fun to lead, and this guide provides all of
the necessary information to walk clinicians, teachers, counselors,
and volunteers through leading the program for vulnerable young
women.
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