A Controlled Assessment of School-Based Preventive Programs for Reducing Eating Disorder Risk Factors in Adolescent Spanish Girls
- 28 April 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Eating Disorders
- Vol. 16 (3), 255-272
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10640260802016852
Abstract
This study assesses the impact of an eating disorders universal preventive program on a representative sample of Spanish adolescents in the area of Barcelona, Spain. 323 adolescent girls were assigned to three experimental conditions: complete intervention, partial intervention, and non-treatment. The program obtained a significant change in reducing the influences of the aesthetic body ideal and in improving the knowledge of nutrition. Nevertheless, attained post-treatment changes dissipate at the 6 month follow-up. In our opinion, the lack of lasting effects should be attributed to a series of considerations such as format, tests not validated for this age, or insufficient research.Keywords
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