Dissonance-based eating disorder prevention among Brazilian young women: A randomized efficacy trial of the Body Project

Body Image ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Tassiana Aparecida Hudson ◽  
Ana Carolina Soares Amaral ◽  
Eric Stice ◽  
Jeff Gau ◽  
Maria Elisa Caputo Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Young Women ◽  
The Body ◽  
Efficacy Trial ◽  
Eating Disorder Prevention ◽  
Body Project ◽  
Disorder Prevention

The Body Project

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Stice ◽  
Paul Rohde ◽  
Heather Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
The Body ◽  
Thin Ideal ◽  
Eating Disorder Prevention ◽  
Body Project ◽  
Disorder Prevention

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, and it 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. This online resource provides 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. It 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.

Recruitment Procedures

2012 ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Eric Stice ◽  
Paul Rohde ◽  
Heather Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Direct Contact ◽  
Elevated Risk ◽  
The Body ◽  
Moderate Degree ◽  
Eating Disorder Prevention ◽  
Body Acceptance ◽  
Body Project ◽  
Disorder Prevention

The Body Project targets toward young women with body image concerns because they are at elevated risk for eating pathology, and prevention effects tend to be larger for individuals at higher risk for eating disorders. The intervention is characterized as a body acceptance class, rather than an eating disorder prevention program, to facilitate recruitment and avoid stigmatization. We recommend a multi-pronged approach to recruitment, with at least one form of individual/direct contact. One question can screen for the presence of at least a moderate degree of body dissatisfaction. The Body Project is not intended as a stand-alone treatment, particularly for individuals with anorexia nervosa, whom should be referred to a clinic or therapist for treatment.

Evidence Base for the Body Project and Related Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Programs

2012 ◽  
pp. 27-40
Author(s):  
Eric Stice ◽  
Paul Rohde ◽  
Heather Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
The Body ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Eating Disorder Prevention ◽  
Body Project ◽  
Trained Staff ◽  
Disorder Prevention

The Body Project has produced intervention effects for eating disorder risk factors and symptoms in eight independent research groups. It is the only eating disorder prevention program that has met the criteria necessary for an intervention to be considered efficacious by the APA. Positive effects of this intervention have resulted when delivered by research-trained staff, existing providers (e.g., health educators), and undergraduate students suggesting that it can be disseminated by a variety of providers. Perhaps most importantly, the Body Project has been shown to produce a 60% reduction in the incidence of eating disorders over a three-year follow-up period.

Dissonance-Based Obesity/Eating Disorder Prevention Program

2012 ◽  
pp. 77-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Stice ◽  
Paul Rohde ◽  
Heather Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Obesity Prevention ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
The Body ◽  
Prevention Focus ◽  
Eating Disorder Prevention ◽  
Body Project ◽  
Obesity Prevention Programs ◽  
Disorder Prevention ◽  
Obesity Prevention Program

Project Health is a relatively new dissonance-based obesity prevention program that can be easily and inexpensively disseminated. Project Health borrows some successful ideas from the Body Project, incorporating dissonance induction techniques to prompt young women and men to make small incremental and sustainable changes to their diets and physical activity. Because obesity is a national epidemic, with an estimated 65% of US adults either overweight or obese, increased attention is being paid to this prevention focus. Large randomized trials are needed to assess whether this program significantly reduces increases in BMI and the incidence of obesity, which have been elusive outcomes for most obesity prevention programs.

Significance of Body Image and Eating Disturbances

2012 ◽  
pp. 3-14
Author(s):  
Eric Stice ◽  
Paul Rohde ◽  
Heather Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Prevention Programs ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Eating Disorder Prevention ◽  
Body Project ◽  
Receive Treatment ◽  
The Many ◽  
Disorder Prevention

Eating disorders are one of the most prevalent classes of psychiatric disorders for adolescent and young-adult females, affecting approximately 10% of young women. Approximately 40-50% of women experience body dissatisfaction, which is a key risk factor for eating disorders. Unfortunately, less than 50% of those with eating disorders receive treatment and treatment can be very expensive. Thus, developing and disseminating effective prevention programs has become a public healthy priority. Of the many eating disorder prevention programs that have been created, very few have significantly reduced eating disorder risk factors and symptoms in controlled trials, and only two (Body Project, Project Health) have significantly reduced the risk for future onset of eating disorders.

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