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Teaching to Prevent Eating Disorders
This page lists instructional programs aimed at preventing or managing eating disorders.
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According to a review of the effectiveness of primary prevention of eating disorders (Ciliska,D., Beyers,J., Vohra,J., McVey,G., 2001 posted at http://health-evidence.ca/article.aspx?id=16138) "school curricula can have at least a short-term positive effect on increasing knowledge, changing attitudes and decreasing some behaviours that are associated with eating disorders. Interventions need to be tested that include booster sessions, more environmental support, "healthy schools" approach or community-wide interventions".
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According to a review of the effectiveness of primary prevention of eating disorders (Ciliska,D., Beyers,J., Vohra,J., McVey,G., 2001 posted at http://health-evidence.ca/article.aspx?id=16138) "school curricula can have at least a short-term positive effect on increasing knowledge, changing attitudes and decreasing some behaviours that are associated with eating disorders. Interventions need to be tested that include booster sessions, more environmental support, "healthy schools" approach or community-wide interventions".
The Student Body: a teacher training module designed to help alert teachers (and parents) to the factors that can trigger unhealthy dieting among children, and ways to prevent it.
www.aboutkidshealth.ca/thestudentbody.
www.aboutkidshealth.ca/thestudentbody.
As was noted on the above site (and while likely well known among most of you, but not necessarily others, including educators) public health messages about healthy eating and active living, while key to health promotion initiatives, can be misinterpreted by some children. Studies show 30% of girls and 25% of boys, aged 10-14 years were dieting to lose weight despite being within a healthy weight range. 
From the Body Image Coalition of Peel (www.bodyimagecoalition.org): Every Body is a Somebody: Facilitator's Guide (or Bien dans TA peau in French) was designed to promote healthy body image, positive self-esteem, and a non-dieting approach to eating. This active learning program provides background information for the facilitator and activities to be used with adolescents. The effectiveness of this program has been evaluated with middle school girls using a classroom format² and a nurse-led peer support format, and has been shown to improve global self-esteem, body satisfaction, and eating attitudes and behaviours.
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