EDV Body Project Training

Organisation / Service

Eating Disorders Victoria

Body Project Australia is a dissonance-based early intervention program for young women aged 14-18 years who experience body dissatisfaction. The program is a four-week program delivered over consecutive weeks:

- Sessions are 1.5 hours in duration (or a double period)
- Designed to be delivered to a group of up to 12 young people
- Delivered by EDV trained facilitators
- Delivered during or after school hours

National Strategy Standards & Actions

Prevention

3.1 Eating disorder service development and lived experience organisations to partner with other sectors, industries, professional bodies and consumer groups to develop and disseminate training and supporting resources in eating disorder-safe principles for community, health and education professionals working with a diverse range of people and communities and support their implementation. 

5.3 Eating disorder service development and lived experience organisations to continue to provide evidence-based training, resources and support for people providing prevention programs or interventions (e.g., school staff, sports coaches, workplace wellbeing managers).