Prevention of eating disorders: challenges and opportunities.
OBJECTIVE
On April 25, 2000, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) convened a Roundtable on the Prevention of Eating Disorders to review the state of prevention science in eating disorders and formulate recommendations regarding future steps to be taken in this area of research.


CONCLUSIONS
This report summarizes the roundtable discussion. The discussion focused on four major areas: the state of the art of risk factors research, translational research, prevention research in related fields, and cutting-edge efforts in eating disorder prevention.


CONCLUSIONS
The report concludes with specific recommendations.
Pearson
Jane
J
Division of Services and Intervention Research, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. jp36u@nih.gov
Goldklang
Dorothy
D
Striegel-Moore
Ruth H
RH
D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States