The Body Project

High School Facilitator Training

This training will prepares facilitators to distribute the Body Project to high school girls in line with the evidence-based program.

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College Facilitator Training

This training will prepare facilitators to distribute the Body Project to college aged women in line with the evidence based program.

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Please note: This program is a prevention program. If you or a loved one are looking for support for an active eating disorder, please check out our resources here.

NEDA is currently offering trainings for high school facilitators at no cost!

If you are interested in being trained to run the curriculum for high school girls, please contact info@nationaleatingdisorders.org

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28.8 million people in the United States will struggle with a clinically significant eating disorder at some point in their lives. Prevention and early intervention efforts aimed to increase body acceptance can reduce disordered eating symptoms and help to create an environment that encourages healthy recovery. Numerous studies have linked exposure to prevalent “appearance-ideal” in mass media to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating.

Research has shown when women/girls talk about the appearance-ideal (sometimes referred to as the thin-ideal, beauty-ideal, or cultural-ideal) portrayed in the mass media, and discuss how to challenge pressures to conform to these pressures, it makes them feel better about their bodies.

The Body Project is a group-based intervention that provides a forum for high school girls and college aged women to confront unrealistic appearance ideals and develop healthy body image and self-esteem. It has repeatedly been shown to effectively reduce body dissatisfaction, negative mood, unhealthy dieting and disordered eating.

Recovery is important to us here at NEDA. We require that applicants with personal experience who are interested in getting involved with the National Eating Disorders Association have two years of strong recovery due to the intense and triggering nature of this program.