Primary prevention of eating disorders: Characteristics of effective programmes and how to bring them to broader dissemination

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-183

  Berger, Uwe ^a   Sowa, Melanie ^a   Bormann, Bianca ^a   Brix, Christina ^a   Strauss, Bernhard ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Eating attitudes; Eating behaviour; Eating disorders; Primary prevention; School based programmes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF ESTEEM; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 44649103264     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.861     Document Type: Article

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