The Female Athlete Body project study: 18-month outcomes in eating disorder symptoms and risk factors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the efficacy of the Female Athlete Body project (FAB) in reducing eating disorder (ED) symptoms and risk factors.

Method

This study was a community participatory three-site, two-arm, cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT). Female collegiate athletes (N = 481) were randomly assigned by team to the FAB intervention, a behavioral ED risk factor reduction program, or a waitlist control condition. Primary analyses examined 18-month effects for ED pathology. Secondary analyses examined risk factors and correlates (e.g., thin-ideal internalization, negative mood, Female Athlete Triad knowledge, and body mass index [BMI]).

Results

Linear mixed effects models with team as a cluster level variable and study condition as a between-subjects variable revea

SUBMITTER: Stewart TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7089677 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature