Engaging Minds in Body Image and Eating Disorders Research @latrobe
15/10/2024
EMBodIED Research La Trobe University, along with Deakin University, is excited to see the release of our report on the Evaluation of the Eating Disorders MBS items.
Read the full report at https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/evaluation-of-the-eating-disorders-medicare-benefit-schedule-items-2024
09/10/2024
Does social media affect your body image? Check out the study run by our Deakin University collaborators. Register for the study at https://shorturl.at/8ie6Y to test a new online program to improve social media habits & body image!
08/03/2024
The SEED app is now ready for you. Help us test the app that uses science to improve your relationship with food and your body.
Click on the survey and take part in this university research.
https://researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_dhhRdKXOBsJVhNI?TRACKINFO=LaTrobeEmbodied
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]
07/03/2024
What people say about SEED app!
Click on the survey and take part in this university research. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]
https://researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_dhhRdKXOBsJVhNI?TRACKINFO=LaTrobeEmbodied
05/03/2024
The SEED intervention is an interactive, personalised, and self-directed participant program. The program aims to educate participants about their eating disorder symptoms, including psychoeducation about the cyclical nature and negative consequences of their symptoms.
The program aims to assist participants to develop their own personalised strategies and plans to break these cycles and combat their symptoms. Interactive components of the program include brief self-assessments of eating disorder symptoms with personalised results and recommendations, quizzes to assess knowledge and challenge myths, audio-based exercises, space to journal and develop personalised plans and challenges, and weekly progress reports.
Click on the survey and take part in this university research. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]
https://researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_dhhRdKXOBsJVhNI?TRACKINFO=LaTrobeEmbodied
01/02/2024
The SEED app is now ready for you.
Help us test the app that uses science to improve your relationship with food and your body.
Click on the survey and take part in this university research.
https://researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_dhhRdKXOBsJVhNI?TRACKINFO=LaTrobeEmbodied
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]
30/01/2024
Despite increasing awareness of the risk and protective factors for Eating Disorders and efficacious approaches to treat symptoms, a significant treatment gap remains.
Indeed, it is estimated that only 25% of individuals with an ED receive treatment.
(Hart et al., 2011; Lee et al., 2017).
29/01/2024
The SEED app is now ready for you.
Help us test the app that uses science to improve your relationship with food and your body.
Click on the survey and take part in this university research.
https://researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_dhhRdKXOBsJVhNI?TRACKINFO=LaTrobeEmbodied
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]
05/01/2024
What is an eating disorder?
An eating disorder is a serious mental illness characterised by disturbances to thoughts, behaviours and attitudes to food and eating.
For some, this extends to pre-occupation with exercise and body weight/shape.
Eating disorders are not a lifestyle choice, a diet gone wrong or a cry for attention. Eating disorders can take many different forms and interfere with a person’s emotional, physical and social health.
(Eating Disorders Victoria, website)
04/01/2024
The SEED app is now ready for you.
Help us test the app that uses science to improve your relationship with food and your body.
Click on the link and take part in this university research.
https://researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_dhhRdKXOBsJVhNI?TRACKINFO=LaTrobeEmbodied
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]
04/01/2024
Up to 10% of individuals in Australia will experience an eating disorder (ED) in their lifetime (National Eating Disorder Collaboration; NEDC, 2012).
EDs (including sub-clinical/prodromal EDs) are associated with high levels of medical and psychological comorbidities and poor quality of life (Griffiths et al., 2016; NEDC, 2012).
20/12/2023
EMBodIED new brand.
Even more: Engaging Minds in Body Image and Eating Disorders Research.
About us:
The Engaging Minds in Body Image and Eating Disorders (EMBodIED) Research team is a group of expert and skilled researchers whose work focuses on:
* understanding the development of body image in children
* uncovering risk factors for body dissatisfaction and eating disorders
* evaluating prevention and treatment interventions for these problems.
We work on cross-sectional, experimental, longitudinal and intervention research across the lifespan, with a focus on how body dissatisfaction and eating problems develop, and how treatment and education programs can be used to reduce or prevent them.
