Resources
Publications
Selected publications, 2005-2011 (108k PDF)
Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Weight Stigma
Media Standards and Practices: Considerations for Body Image, Weight Stigma and Eating Disorders:
- presentation (9.35 MB PDF)
- references (95k PDF)
- Media Standards & Practices checklist (49k PDF)
Brief overview of some issues on body Image culture and weight stigma in high school.
- Body Image culture (51k PDF)
- Weight Stigma (63k PDF)
McKnight Foundation Studies
Starting in 1994, The McKnight Foundation funded a series of studies designed to identify potential risk factors for eating disorders in adolescents. The following provides a description of findings, the instruments used in the study, and other material related to the McKnight Risk Factor study.
The main focus of the McKnight Risk Factor study, conducted at Stanford University (CB Taylor, PI) and the University of Arizona, Tucson (CM Shisslak, PI), was to determine what factors might put young women in elementary, middle and high school at risk for developing eating disorders and then to examine the course and development of these factors. To achieve these goals, the investigators enrolled at least 100 students at each site at each grade level for grades 4-9. The total span of follow-up is thus from 5th-12th grades.
The following are available for public use:
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McKnight Risk Factor Survey-IV: MRFS-IV–Grades 4-5 version(138k PDF)
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McKnight Risk Factor Survey-IV: MRFS-IV–Grades 6-12 version (141k PDF)
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Scoring guide (7k PDF), including factor analysis, for this sample
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MRFS-IV norms (39k PDF) for the factors by center and ethnicity
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McKnight-related publications list (15k PDF)
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Parent education newsletter: newsletter (306k PDF)
Available on request from the investigators are also (1) a protocol discussing how to track students in schools, (2) a method of converting the grade 4-5 data to grade 6-12 data, and (3) information on training for the clinical eating disorder interview.
