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A prevention program for disordered eating was evaluated. Grade 9 girls (N = 173) were assigned to a prevention intervention (n = 114) or a no-treatment control group (n = 59). High-risk, but not low-risk, girls reported significant improvements in body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, and interoceptive awareness at post-intervention. These changes were not maintained at three-month follow-up, although nonsignificant trends were still apparent for high-risk girls. Individual session analyses indicated that the program was rated positively overall. The importance of assessing effects of programs on different recipient types is discussed.

This paper described in detail 144 Australian women diagnosed bulimic using DSM-Ill criteria. All subjects had been referred to the Eating Awareness Program at La Trobe University or had contacted the program following media interviews about the program. All subjects completed the BuliniiaTest, and a questionnaire describing the history of the problem and prior attempts to overconie it. In addition, 90 subjects were offered treatment and completed a further battery of tests (e.g., other measures of bulimic symptomatology and general psychological adjustment) prior to undertaking therapy. The frequency of bulimic symptoms, such as binge eating, vomiting, laxative use, weight fluctuations, and crash dieting were reported. Duration and chronological development of these symptoms were described, as were self-reported reasons for relapse. Most subjects stated they had previously discussed their eating problem with friends or relatives and helping professionals. Subjects'evaluations of these contacts were reported. Family history of eating and psychological problems were described.

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