TY - JOUR
T1 - Eating disorders
T2 - Summary of risk factors, prevention programming, and prevention research
AU - Mussell, Melissa Pederson
AU - Binford, Roslyn B.
AU - Fulkerson, Jayne
PY - 2000/11
Y1 - 2000/11
N2 - More than 2 million female Americans have a clinically relevant eating disorder. Although the prevalence and seriousness of this problem has gained increasing attention in recent years, relatively little is known about eating disorder prevention. This article addresses a number of issues related to prevention efforts applied to eating disorders. An overview of putative risk factors that have been identified is presented. In particular, the article emphasizes the importance of understanding the psychological and physical developmental processes during adolescence and the sociocultural context in which eating disorders develop. A summary of empirical investigations of the efficacy of eating disorder prevention programs follows, including an illustration of one of the more promising strategies that has been reported to date. The role of counseling psychologists in further refining eating disorder prevention efforts is discussed.
AB - More than 2 million female Americans have a clinically relevant eating disorder. Although the prevalence and seriousness of this problem has gained increasing attention in recent years, relatively little is known about eating disorder prevention. This article addresses a number of issues related to prevention efforts applied to eating disorders. An overview of putative risk factors that have been identified is presented. In particular, the article emphasizes the importance of understanding the psychological and physical developmental processes during adolescence and the sociocultural context in which eating disorders develop. A summary of empirical investigations of the efficacy of eating disorder prevention programs follows, including an illustration of one of the more promising strategies that has been reported to date. The role of counseling psychologists in further refining eating disorder prevention efforts is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1177/0011000000286002
DO - 10.1177/0011000000286002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034311169
SN - 0011-0000
VL - 28
SP - 764
EP - 796
JO - Counseling Psychologist
JF - Counseling Psychologist
IS - 6
ER -