Helen Sharpe|Ilka Schober|Janet Treasure|Ulrike Schmidt
Feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of a school-based prevention programme for eating disorders: Cluster randomised controlled trial
King's College London|King's College London|King's College London|King's College London
body image dissatisfaction adolescence common benign schoolbased interventions potential wide reach scalability previous programmes limited reliance external facilitatorsto assess acceptability feasibility efficacy teacherdelivered body image interventiona pilot clustered randomised controlled trial 16 classes adolescent girls allocated 6session body image programme n 261 usual curriculum control n 187 registration isrctn42594993students intervention group significantly improved body esteem selfesteem reduced thinideal internalisation effects body esteem thinideal internalisation maintained 3 months group differences eating pathology peer factors depression acceptability feasibility efficacy varied schoolsteacherdelivered body image lessons promise work needed increase efficacy make interventions suitable across range schools