The Body Project
The Body Project is a group-based prevention program designed to increase body acceptance and decrease risk factors for the development of eating disorders. The program is evidence-based and has been found to decrease belief in the appearance ideal, decrease risk factors for eating disorders, and decrease risk for future eating disorders.
Did You Know?
The definition of the perfect body changes radically over time and is often an unattainable ideal. For instance, these messages tell women to be thin, curvaceous, muscular and delicate — all at once!
Diet and weight loss have grown to be a $71 billion industry, yet according to studies 95% of diets fail. They do so on purpose to keep the business running.
Eating disorders can affect anyone, regardless of their race, gender, or sex. Although eating disorders are more common in females, a 2007 study by the CDC found that up to one-third of all eating disorder sufferers are male.
Become a Body Project Peer Educator
If you are interested in getting more deeply involved in the program as a Body Project Peer Educator, who will go on to lead small group discussions designed to help everyone develop healthier views about societal beauty ideals, email Dr. Becky Conrad Davenport to get trained!