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Book SynopsisEating 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
Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Part I: Theory, Research, and Implementation ; Chapter 1: Significance of Body Image and Eating Disturbances ; Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundation for the Body Project ; Chapter 3: Evidence Base for the Body Project and Related Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Programs ; Chapter 4: Recruitment Procedures ; Chapter 5: Training, Supervision, and Quality Assurance ; Chapter 6: Implementation Issues ; Chapter 7: Dissonance-Based Obesity Prevention ; Part II: The Manuals ; Chapter 8: Intervention Script for 4-session Enhanced-Dissonance Body Project ; Chapter 9: Participant Handouts for 4-session Enhanced-Dissonance Body Project ; Chapter 10: Intervention Script for 6-session Enhanced-Dissonance Body Project ; Chapter 11: Participant Handouts for 6-session Enhanced-Dissonance Body Project ; Chapter 12: Intervention Script for 4-session Project Health Obesity Prevention Program ; Chapter 13: Participant Handouts for 4-session Project Health ; Appendix: ; A. The Body Project Facilitator Fact Sheet (Ch 5) ; B. Body Project Session Adherence Forms (Ch 5) ; C. Body Project Group Leader Competence Assessment (Ch 5) ; D. Additional Resources for Information Regarding Eating Disorders and Possible Referrals ; E. Healthy Weight Facilitator Fact Sheet (Ch 7) ; References ; About the Authors
