B2222 - Does body dissatisfaction cluster in schools - 10/04/2014
B number:
B2222
Principal applicant name:
Dr Helen Bould (University of Bristol, UK)
Co-applicants:
Dr Jonathan Evans (University of Bristol, UK), Prof Glyn Lewis (University College London, UK), Nadia Micali (King's College London, UK)
Title of project:
Does body dissatisfaction cluster in schools?
Proposal summary:
Aims and Objectives
The aim of my project is to increase understanding of eating disorders (ED) and body dissatisfaction (BD) in adolescent girls from the perspective of population-level pathways.
Understanding whether ED and BD cluster in schools would inform the development of school-level interventions to reduce incidence of ED. No studies have investigated whether ED and BD cluster, despite the clinical observation that it appears to be the case, although disordered weight control behaviours do vary between schools. Preliminary results from the Swedish cohort described below suggest around 9% of variance in rates of ED is at school level.
Date proposal received:
Monday, 7 April, 2014
Date proposal approved:
Thursday, 10 April, 2014
Keywords:
Social Science
Primary keyword:
Eating Disorder