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Marie-Ève Blackburn1, Julie Auclair2, Marie-Christine Brault3
1ECOBES Resarch center, Cégep de Jonquière, Jonquière, Canada; Chaire VISAJ, Chicoutimi, Canada.
Purpose:
To evaluate short- and mid-term effects of the school-based program Healthy Mind, Healthy Body (HMHB), designed to foster a positive body image and healthy lifestyle habits in seventh- and tenth-grade adolescents.
Methods:
A case-control study was conducted in two high schools in Quebec (Canada). All Grade 7 (mean age = 12.0 years) and Grade 10 (mean age = 15.2 years) students were invited to complete online questionnaires at three time points: baseline (W0 - October 2016), one month after the five-hour school-based program delivered through monthly workshops over a five-month period (W1 - May 2017), and six months later (W2 - October 2017). A total of 740 students at W0 (intervention = 401, control = 339) completed the questionnaire measuring self-esteem, appearance satisfaction, fear of negative evaluation, weight control attempts, media influence, and photo manipulation online.
Results:
Generalized linear mixed models revealed changes in global self-esteem and body dissatisfaction across the school years. Compared to controls, youth in the experimental group reported higher self-esteem, less media influence, fewer weight gain attempts, and less photo manipulation online.
Conclusion:
Findings suggest the HMHB program may help adolescents improve body esteem, inform best practices for school-based programs, and support their implementation in schools.
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