Preventing Eating-Related and Weight-Related Disorders

Gail L. McVey is a psychologist and health systems scientist in the Community Health Systems Resource Group at the Hospital for Sick Children, director of the Ontario Community Outreach Program for Eating Disorders, and an associate professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Michael P. Levine is Samuel B. Cummings Jr. Professor of Psychology at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He studies disordered eating, sociocultural factors, and prevention. Niva Piran is a professor in the Faculty of Education of the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist, and a school consultant in the area of body image. H. Bruce Ferguson was the founding director of the Community Health Systems Resource Group at the Hospital for Sick Children and is a professor in the departments of Psychiatry and Psychology and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.

• Preventing Eating-Related and Weight-Related Disorders Collaborative Research, Advocacy, and Policy Change, edited by Gail L. McVey, Michael P. Levine, Niva Piran, and H. Bruce FergusonIntroduction Michael P. Levine, Gail L. McVey, Niva Piran, and H. Bruce FergusonI. Working with Larger and Broader SystemsChapter 1: Prevention, Prevention Science, and an Ecological Perspective: A Framework for Programs, Research, and Advocacy Michael P. Levine and Gail L. McVey Chapter 2: Prevention of Disordered Eating through Structural Change: The Population Health Framework and Lessons from Case Studies in Intensive Community-Based Intervention Lindsay McLaren and Niva PiranChapter 3: Public Health Interventions for Body Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorders: Learning from Victoria Susan PaxtonChapter 4: Mass Media 1: A Primer on Media Literacy's Role in Prevention of Negative Body Image and Disordered Eating Michael P. Levine and Joe KellyChapter 5: Mass Media 2: Advocacy, Activism, and Social Change in the Digital Era: the Potential of Cyber-Action Manuela FerrariII. Risk, Resilience, and PreventionChapter 6: Risk and Protective Factors in Body Image Problems: Implications for Prevention Linda Smolak Chapter 7: The Developmental Theory of Embodiment Niva Piran and Tanya Teall Chapter 8: Gender and the Prevention of Eating Disorders Niva Piran and Linda SmolakChapter 9: Eating Disorders and Obesity: Epidemiology and the Perception of Risk Leora Pinhas and Benjamin TaylorChapter 10: Socio-Economic Position, Social Inequality, and Weight-Related Issues Lindsay McLaren, Janet deGroot, Carol E. Adair, and Shelly Russell-Mayhew Conclusion Gail L. McVey, Michael P. Levine, Niva Piran, and H. Bruce FergusonContributorsIndex