The evidence

Discover research on the implementation and effectiveness of The Body Project.

The Body Project Support

Becker et al., 2017: The article is a qualitative review of the existing Body Project literature from efficacy to effectiveness to implementation. It discusses how collaboration with community and charity organisations enables effective implementation.
Akers et al., 2021: In this study, the cost-effectiveness of delivery methods for an eating disorder prevention program is reported.

Stice, Onipede, & Marti, 2021: This meta-analytic review tested whether an eating disorder prevention program significantly reduced future onset of eating disorders, investigating 15 trials (N = 5080), finding that these programs, on average, produced a 55% to 77% reduction in future onset of eating disorders.
Stice et al., 2019 (a): This meta-analysis summarized effects from 56 trials evaluating dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programs and identified predictors of stronger effects.

Women in midlife: ‘The Women’s Body Initiative’ (Verzijl et al., 2021)
Young men and boys: ‘More than Muscles’ (Brown et al., 2017); ‘The Body Project M’ (Glenkowski et al., 2017);
Gay and bisexual men: ‘The PRIDE Body Project’ (Brown and Keel, 2015)
Athletes: ‘Young Athlete Body Project’ (Sundgot-Borgen et al., 2024); ‘The Female Athlete Body (FAB) Project’ (Stewart et al., 2019); ‘The FAB Project for Dancers’ (Gorrell et al., 2022)
Different cultures: Orthodox Jewish girls (Casasnovas et al., 2019); Saudi Women (Al-Shebali et al., 2021); and a narrative review (Witcomb, Arcelus and Chen, 2013)