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  • Title: A controlled trial of a yoga-based prevention program targeting eating disorder risk factors among middle school females.
    Author: Cook-Cottone C, Talebkhah K, Guyker W, Keddie E.
    Journal: Eat Disord; 2017; 25(5):392-405. PubMed ID: 28929940.
    Abstract:
    This study investigates outcomes of a revised version of a yoga-based, eating disorder prevention program, targeting eating disorder risk factors, among fifth grade girls (i.e., Girls Growing in Wellness and Balance: Yoga and Life Skills to Empower [GGWB]). The program is designed to decrease eating disorder risk factors and bolster self-care and includes revisions not yet studied that extend the program to 14 weeks and enhance content addressing self-care. Efficacy was assessed using a controlled, repeated measures design. Results indicate that participation in the GGWB program significantly decreases drive for thinness and body dissatisfaction while significantly increasing self-care when compared to a control group. As expected, the program did not have significant effects on eating disordered behaviour likely due to low baseline rates among participants. Implications of findings as well as directions for future research on prevention are discussed.
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