Preventing eating disorder pathology: Common and unique features of successful eating disorders prevention programs

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Ciao, Anna C ^a   Loth, Katie ^b   Neumark Sztainer, Dianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating disorder pathology; Eating disorders; Prevention; Review

Indexed keywords

ASSERTIVE TRAINING; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY IMAGE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION LITERACY; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOEDUCATION; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; WEIGHT CONTROL; EATING DISORDERS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EATING DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 84901375066     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-014-0453-0     Document Type: Review

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