Part II 1.0 Methods This section is a critical literature synthesis, which entailed a comprehensive literature review and analysis. Data was collected from the online databases and PubMed Google Scholar. Some of the initial terms that were used to search for articles were: disorders”, “eating “obesity”, eating”, and To narrow down article choices, articles needed to be “disordered “prevention.” about eating disorder/disordered eating and/or obesity prevention interventions. Articles that were excluded were studies that took place outside of the United States or Canada. Eventually other terms were used to narrow the search. These terms included: stigma”, “weight “fat shaming”, on obesity”, epidemic”, image”, dieting”, “war “obesity “body “chronic “food industry”, industry”, and mass index.” Other articles and references were “diet “BMI”, “body obtained from the original articles’ reference and citation sections. Overall 92 different articles were used to examine different prevention approaches, methods, and interventions. When accounting for multiple usage of articles, the breakdown of these 91 articles was: 38 articles on obesity prevention methods, approaches, and interventions (7 about weight stigma and discrimination, 2 about BMI/BMI report cards, 6 about weight loss and dieting, 5 about bariatric surgery, 5 about campaign, 3 about the program, 6 about school-based VERB CORD interventions, and 4 about the initiative); 45 about eating disorder and disordered Let’s Move eating prevention methods, approaches, and interventions (9 about general, physician, and parental approaches to prevention, 9 about general school-based approaches to prevention, 3 about yoga and mind-body approaches, 5 about media literacy and 2 about Media Smart, Student 15 about the and 2 about the intervention); and 22 about Bodies, Body Project, Healthy Weight
Part II 1.0 Methods This section is a critical literature synthesis, which entailed a comprehensive literature review and analysis. Data was collected from the online databases PubMed and Google Scholar. Some of the initial terms that were used to search for articles were: “eating disorders”, “obesity”, “disordered eating”, and “prevention.” To narrow down article choices, articles needed to be about eating disorder/disordered eating and/or obesity prevention interventions. Articles that were excluded were studies that took place outside of the United States or Canada. Eventually other terms were used to narrow the search. These terms included: “weight stigma”, “fat shaming”, “war on obesity”, “obesity epidemic”, “body image”, “chronic dieting”, “food industry”, “diet industry”, “BMI”, and “body mass index.” Other articles and references were obtained from the original articles’ reference and citation sections. Overall 92 different articles were used to examine different prevention approaches, methods, and interventions. When accounting for multiple usage of articles, the breakdown of these 91 articles was: 38 articles on obesity prevention methods, approaches, and interventions (7 about weight stigma and discrimination, 2 about BMI/BMI report cards, 6 about weight loss and dieting, 5 about bariatric surgery, 5 about VERB campaign, 3 about the CORD program, 6 about school-based interventions, and 4 about the Let’s Move initiative); 45 about eating disorder and disordered eating prevention methods, approaches, and interventions (9 about general, physician, and parental approaches to prevention, 9 about general school-based approaches to prevention, 3 about yoga and mind-body approaches, 5 about media literacy and Media Smart, 2 about Student Bodies, 15 about the Body Project, and 2 about the Healthy Weight intervention); and 22 about
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