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measures such as resilience, hardiness, and empowerment. Adverse outcomes will include any physical or psychological adverse outcome recorded in the included studies. Pratt BM & Woolfenden S, 2002 Interventions for preventing eating disorders Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Mental Health and Wellbeing Children and young adults To determine if eating disorder prevention programs for children and adolescents are effective in: 1) promoting healthy eating attitudes and behaviours; 2) promoting protective psychological factors; 3) promoting satisfactory The one significant pooled effect in the current review does not for any firm conclusions to be made about the impact of prevention programs for eating disorders in children and adolescents, although none of the pooled comparisons indicated evidence of harm. The meta-analysis is in the process of being revised to account for the impact of cluster randomised trials. Combined data from two eating disorder prevention programs based on a media literacy and advocacy approach indicate a reduction in the internalisation or acceptance of societal ideals relating to appearance at a 3- to 6-month follow-up [SMD -0.51 to -0.05, 95% CI]. There is insufficient evidence to support the effect of five programs designed to address eating attitudes and behaviours and other adolescent issues in the general community or those classified as being at high risk for eating disorder and insufficient evidence to U G. There is some evidence suggesting that this intervention is ineffective but it is not conclusive. (Authors are continuing to analyse data to account for cluster RCT effects)