ReviewThe International journal of eating disorders2013
Eating disorder prevention: current evidence-base and future directions.
Review in The International journal of eating disorders, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04977973 (Effectiveness of a Self-guided Body Image Program on a Mobile Application in Improving Body Image and Self-compassion in Young Adults), which is not on this map. Cited by 59 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of a Self-guided Body Image Program on a Mobile Application in Improving Body Image and Self-compassion in Young Adults
Who cites it
59 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Body image, self-esteem, emotion regulation, and eating disorders in adults: a systematic review.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of eating disorder preventative interventions in schools.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Pooled it
- E-therapy in the treatment and prevention of eating disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Behaviour research and therapy · 2014Pooled it
- Body Image Surveys to Address Social Appearance Anxiety in Women at Risk of Eating Psychopathology: An Acceptability, Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy Study, Using a Wait-List Randomized Controlled Design.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Trial
- Efficacy of the Mental Health App "Intellect" to Improve Body Image and Self-compassion in Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial With a 4-Week Follow-up.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Trial
- Self-Efficacy Mediates the Effect of Framing Eating Disorders Prevention Message on Intentions to Have a Sufficient Weight: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
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- The body project 4 all: A pilot randomized controlled trial of a mixed-gender dissonance-based body image program.The International journal of eating disorders · 2016Trial
- Randomized controlled pilot trial of a novel dissonance-based group treatment for eating disorders.Behaviour research and therapy · 2015Trial
- Internet-based preventive intervention for reducing eating disorder risk: A randomized controlled trial comparing guided with unguided self-help.Behaviour research and therapy · 2014Trial
- Reducing eating disorder risk factors: a controlled investigation of a blended task-shifting/train-the-trainer approach to dissemination and implementation.Behaviour research and therapy · 2014Trial
- A school-based program implemented by community providers previously trained for the prevention of eating and weight-related problems in secondary-school adolescents: the MABIC study protocol.BMC public health · 2013Trial
- How can community pharmacists support people living with eating disorders? identifying evidence gaps and practice opportunities in Australia.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- The Association Between Body Image and Depression: Historical Evolution and Recent Research Progress.Psychology research and behavior management · 2026Review
- Exploring eye-movement changes as digital biomarkers and endophenotypes in subclinical eating disorders: an eye tracking study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- ACBP orchestrates the metabolic phenotype in Cushing's syndrome.Nature metabolism · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of virtually delivered Body Project groups to prevent eating disorders in young women at risk: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Risk factors of disordered eating in adolescent girls from a community sample: a multidimensional approach.Consortium psychiatricum · 2023Article
- Virtual prevention of eating disorders in children, adolescents, and emerging adults: a scoping review.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis narrative review sought to (a) characterize prevention programs that have produced reliable, reproducible, and clinically meaningful effects in efficacy trials, (b) discuss effectiveness trials that have tested whether prevention programs produce intervention effects under ecologically valid real-world conditions, (c) discuss dissemination efforts and research on dissemination, and (d) offer suggestions regarding directions for future research in this field.
conclusionA literature revealed that 6 prevention programs have produced significant reductions in eating disorder symptoms through at least 6-month follow-up and that 2 have significantly reduced future eating disorder onset. Effectiveness trials indicate that 2 prevention programs have produced effects under ecologically valid conditions that are only slightly attenuated. Although there have been few dissemination efforts, evidence suggests that a community participatory approach is most effective. Lastly, it would be useful to develop programs that produce larger and more persistent reductions in eating disorder symptoms and eating disorder onset, focus more on effectiveness trials that confirm that prevention programs produce clinically meaningful effects under real-world conditions, conduct meditational, mechanisms of action, and moderator research that provides stronger support for the intervention theory of prevention programs, and investigate the optimal methods of disseminating and implementing evidence-based prevention programs.
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