In a detailed, integrated analysis of the field of eating problems and disorders, this book highlights the connections between the prevention of eating problems and disorders and theory and research in the areas of prevention and health promotion, specific issues and challenges, and lessons for prevention program development.

Michael P. Levine is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Kenyon College, USA.

Linda Smolak is Emerita Professor of Psychology and Deputy Civil Rights/Title IX Coordinator at Kenyon College, USA.

Preface

Part I: INTRODUCTION

1. Introduction to Prevention
2. Defining Eating Disorders
3. Research Methods and Statistical Issues in Prevention

Part II: GUIDES TO PREVENTION: MODELS AND RISK FACTORS

4. Developmental Psychopathology
5. Risk Factors as a Guides to Prevention Program Designs
6. Cognitive and Behavioral Models I - Social Cognitive, Cognitive-Behavioral,

and Mindfulness-Acceptance Approaches

7. Cognitive and Behavioral Models II -- Dissonance-based Approaches
8. The Public Health Model
9. The Feminist-Empowerment Model: A Critical Social Perspective
10. The Biopsychiatric/Neuroscience Model

Part III: GUIDES TO PREVENTION: SPECIFIC ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

11. Gender
12. Culture
13. Media Literacy
14. Prevention, the Internet, and Other Forms of Technology
15. Obesity, Weight Stigma, and Health at Every Size
16. Protective Factors

Part IV; REVIEW OF PREVENTION RESEARCH

17. Prevention of Body Image Disturbances and Disordered Eating I: How We Got Here
18. Prevention of Body Image Disturbances and Disordered Eating II: A Review of the Research Post-2005

Part V: PREVENTION THEORY AND RESEARCH: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

19. Program Development
20. Changing the Ecology
21. Deciding the Level of Prevention: Universal, Selective, or Targeted
22. Conclusions and Future Directions

Appendix

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