title: Food, mood, and attitude: reducing risk for eating disorders in college women.
abstract: Food, Mood, and Attitude (FMA) is a CD-ROM prevention program developed to decrease risk for eating disorders in college women. Female 1st-year students (N = 240) were randomly assigned to the intervention (FMA) or control group. Equal numbers of students at risk and of low risk for developing an eating disorder were assigned to each condition. Participants in the FMA condition improved on all measures relative to controls. Significant 3-way interactions (Time x Condition x Risk Status) were found on measures of internalization of sociocultural attitudes about thinness, shape concerns, and weight concerns, indicating that at-risk participants in the intervention group improved to a greater extent than did low-risk participants. At follow-up, significantly fewer women in the FMA group reported overeating and excessive exercise relative to controls.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. d.franko@neu.edu
authors.forename: Debra L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Franko
authors.forename: Laurie B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Mintz
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Villapiano
authors.forename: Traci Craig
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mainelli
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Folensbee
authors.forename: Stephen F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: M Meghan
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kearns
authors.forename: Simon H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Budman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000339:Affect; D001290:Attitude; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities