Zali Yager|Jenny O'Dea
A controlled intervention to promote a healthy body image, reduce eating disorder risk and prevent excessive exercise among trainee health education and physical education teachers
La Trobe University|University of Sydney
study examined impact two interventions body image eating disorder risk excessive exercise among 170 65 female trainee health education physical education hepe teachers mean standard deviation age 216 23 considered atrisk population poor body image eating disorders first year study control group cohort n 49 females 20 males received regular didactic health education curriculum second year study intervention 1 cohort n 31 females 21 males received selfesteem media literacy health education program third year study intervention 2 cohort n 30 females 19 males received combined selfesteem media literacy dissonance program using online computerbased activities intervention 2 produced best results males improving significantly selfesteem body image drive muscularity intervention 2 females improved significantly eating disorders inventory drive thinness eating disorder examination excessive exercise improvements consistent 6month followup females feasible promote body image reduce body dissatisfaction reduce excessive exercise among trainee hepe teachers via health education curriculum