A randomized controlled trial was conducted to assess the efficacy of the Body Project eating disorder prevention program in reducing eating disorder risk factors and symptoms in young Brazilian women. A total of 141 female university students aged 18–30 years old were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: assessment-only condition (n = 78) and Body Project condition (n = 63). Participants completed scales assessing body dissatisfaction, sociocultural influence, disordered eating attitudes and behaviors, eating disorders symptoms, body appreciation, depressive mood and negative affect at baseline, posttest, and at 1- and 6-month follow-ups. Body Project participants showed significantly greater reductions in body dissatisfaction, sociocultural influence, disordered eating, eating disorder symptoms, depressive symptoms, and negative affect, and greater increases in body appreciation (d = .35–.48) compared to assessment-only participants. Most of the effects persisted through 6-month follow-up (d = .35–.74). Results provide evidence that the Body Project is an effective intervention to reduce eating disorder risk factors and eating disorder symptoms among Brazilian young women, and that this intervention is naturally culturally adaptive.

进行了一项随机对照试验，以评估Body Project饮食失调预防计划在减少巴西年轻女性饮食失调风险因素和症状方面的功效。共有 141 名 18-30 岁的女大学生被随机分配到两种条件之一：仅评估条件（n = 78）和身体项目条件（n = 63）。参与者在基线、后测以及 1 个月和 6 个月的随访中完成了评估身体不满、社会文化影响、饮食态度和行为紊乱、饮食失调症状、身体欣赏、抑郁情绪和负面影响的量表。车身工程与仅进行评估的参与者相比，参与者表现出对身体不满、社会文化影响、饮食失调、饮食失调症状、抑郁症状和负面影响的显着减少，以及对身体欣赏的更大程度提高 ( d = .35–.48)。大多数影响持续了 6 个月的随访 ( d = .35–.74)。结果证明，身体项目是减少巴西年轻女性饮食失调风险因素和饮食失调症状的有效干预措施，而且这种干预措施具有自然的文化适应性。