Preventing Eating Disorders
Eating disorder prevention refers to actions, programs, or policies that aim to reduce modifiable risk factors for eating disorders, and/or bolster protective factors, to reduce the likelihood that a person will experience an eating disorder. Eating disorder prevention actions, programs or policies may also seek to address the broader factors which impact on health, known as the social determinants of health.
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Primary Prevention
Primary prevention interventions aim to prevent the onset or development of an eating disorder and may be universal, selective or indicated.
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Secondary Prevention
Secondary prevention interventions aim to lower the severity and duration of an eating disorder in a person who already has the illness.
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Prevention Programs
Eating disorder prevention refers to specific programs or interventions designed to reduce risk factors, enhance protective factors, and ultimately stop the increasing rate of disordered eating and eating disorders in our society.
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Media Literacy
Through communication platforms such as the media and social media, we are faced with manipulated, filtered and digitally enhanced images.
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Media Guidelines
Eating disorders are often misunderstood and underestimated in the community, resulting in inaccurate reporting, stereotyping, and the use of language with a potentially harmful impact.
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Communication for public health and media
Effective communication about eating disorders is key to bringing about improvements in awareness, prevention, early identification and initial response through its influence on social norms, beliefs, behaviours, and relationships.
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