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Title Preventing eating-related and weight-related disorders : collaborative research, advocacy, and policy change / Gail McVey, Michael P. Levine, Niva Piran, and H. Bruce Ferguson, editors
Published Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2012]
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Description 1 online resource (299 pages)
Series SickKids Community and mental health series
SickKids community and mental health series
Contents Introduction / Michael P. Levine [and others] -- Part one. Working with larger and broader systems. Prevention, prevention science, and an ecological perspective : a framework for programs, research, and advocacy / Michael P. Levine, Gail L. McVey ; Prevention of disordered eating through structural change : the population health framework and lessons from case studies in intensive community-based intervention / Lindsay McLaren, Nina Piran ; Public health interventions for body dissatisfaction and eating disorders : learning from Victoria / Susan J. Paxton ; Mass media 1 : a primer on media literacy's role in the prevention of negative body image and disordered eating / Michael P. Levine, Joe Kelly ; Mass media 2 : advocacy, activism, and social change in the digital era : the potential of cyber-action / Manuela Ferrari -- Part two. Risk, resilience, and prevention. Risk and protective factors in body image problems : implications for prevention / Linda Smolak ; The developmental theory of embodiment / Niva Piran, Tanya Teall ; Gender and the prevention of eating disorders / Linda Smolak, Niva Piran ; Eating disorders and obesity : epidemiology and the perception of risk / Leora Pinhas, Benjamin Taylor ; Socio-economic position, social inequality, and weight-related disorders / Lindsay McLaren [and others] -- Conclusion / Gail L. McVey [and others]
Notes Co-published by: Hospital for Sick Children
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Eating disorders -- Prevention
Obesity -- Prevention
Body image disturbance -- Prevention
Body dysmorphic disorder -- Prevention
Public health -- Research.
Patient advocacy -- Case studies
Feeding and Eating Disorders
Feeding and Eating Disorders -- prevention & control
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Eating disorders -- Prevention
Obesity -- Prevention
Patient advocacy
Public health -- Research
Genre/Form Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
Author McVey, Gail, 1963- editor
Hospital for Sick Children, publisher
ISBN 9781554584239
155458423X
9781554584246
1554584248