The Body Project Training
Learn how to deliver a world-leading, science-backed programme proven to prevent eating disorders and promote healthy body image among young people
“Excellent trainer and content.
Loved having the opportunity to practice with others.
I’m so excited to start running groups in my community!”
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ROSE A. | MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT WORKER
Are you looking for an scientifically-backed, cost-effective way to…
Run body image workshops that work?
Prevent eating disorders in your community?
Get gold-standard training from leading experts?
Let’s do it…
Our Body Project Training, offered online and in-person, will give you the materials, skills, and confidence to make a real impact in your community with a world-leading, science-backed body image and eating disorder prevention programme.
Why train in The Body Project?
It’s a scientifically proven way to improve body image, boost mood, and reduce disordered eating¹⁻² in just 4-hours, with effects lasting years later.
It is one of only two programmes worldwide that has been shown to prevent the onset of eating disorders¹⁻².
In just 1-2 days of training, you can be ready to deliver it in your community.
Train-the-trainer models are available to ensure scalable and sustainable delivery.
The Body Project has been adopted by health services, schools, universities, youth organisations, businesses and charities.
It’s been delivered to over 4.5 million people in over 136 countries.
EMMA B.
Children's Wellbeing Practitioner
"The training gave me the opportunity to develop skills in facilitating groups and developed my understanding of more helpful ways of working with people struggling with body image and disordered eating.
The trainer was very knowledgeable, willing to answer questions. I'm excited to be able to deliver this programme."
★★★★★
JOHN T.
Counsellor
"The training was excellent. The whole experience was very positive and efficient.
The EVERYBODY team was so helpful. Our trainer was amazing and really helped us get the most out of it."
★★★★★
About The Body Project
The Body Project is a 4-session programme delivered to small groups of teenagers and young adults in community settings (e.g., schools, universities, youth groups).
Over four-hours of interactive, guided workshops, young people learn practical skills to challenge appearance ideals and improve their body image through group discussion, written activities, role plays and behavioural challenges.
Studies show that The Body Project can be successfully delivered by community providers after just 1-2 days of training³.
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The Body Project was originally designed for delivery among young adult women and adolescent girls aged 14-25 years, as they are the most at-risk group for developing body image concerns and disordered eating.
There is growing evidence to suggest that The Body Project is effective across genders and sexualities⁴. More recently, alternative versions of The Body Project have been developed for boys and young adult men, and LGBTQIA+ people.
We offer training for delivery to teenagers, young adults and queer communities.
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The Body Project typically runs across 4 x 1-hour in-person sessions and includes brief at-home exercises.
Other formats have also been tested and are available to suit different settings (e.g., 2 x 2-hour sessions, 6 x 45-minute sessions).
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The Body Project can be delivered by trained community providers (e.g. school nurses, counsellors, peer leaders, mental health champions, teachers, university student peer leaders) and eating disorder specialists.
Individuals trained to deliver The Body Project to groups are referred to as ‘Facilitators’ and must have received training in the Body Project to deliver this programme.
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The Body Project is supported by more research than any other body image and eating disorder prevention programme.
Research published in peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and Behavior Therapy, has shown:
Girls and women experience significant decreases in internalisation of the cultural beauty standards emphasising thinness and reductions in body dissatisfaction, negative affect, dieting and bulimic symptoms after taking part in the program.These effects have been maintained up to 2.5 years post-intervention.¹⁻²
For every 100 women who take part, 8 cases of eating disorders can be prevented.²
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Dr. Eric Stice (Stanford University) created the Body Project and Dr. Carolyn Becker (Trinity University) pioneered both the strategy of training peer-leaders to facilitate the Body Project and the Train-the-Trainer approach used by EVERYBODY.
Over the past two decades, The Body Project has been researched and refined by eating disorder and body image experts in multiple research groups around the world, including EVERYBODY’s Founder Professor Phillippa Diedrichs (UWE Bristol).
No other eating disorders prevention and body image programme is supported by such rigorous testing by independent scientists as The Body Project.
Training Options
We offer Body Project Training for individuals and teams online and in-person.
We’ve trained hundreds of helping professionals and community members who are passionate about gold-standard programmes that are proven to change attitudes and behaviours, not just increase awareness.
Our training consists of interactive, hands-on sessions that give you the skills, confidence and materials to deliver The Body Project in your community.
Our clients also receive 12-months access to our online training hub, including:
programme materials and worksheets
training videos and content to refer back to
social media and email templates to help you recruit young people, schools, universities and community groups to participate in your Body Project sessions
assessment tools to track your impact
bonus resources and optional quarterly webinars that keep you up-to-date with the latest research and science
a private discussion forum to network and connect with other members of our Body Project community.
For teams and organisations, we also offer:
a train-the-trainer option for sustainable and scalable delivery
implementation strategy, monitoring and evaluation support
supervision sessions for ongoing coaching
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Why train with us?
It’s your chance to work with world-leading eating disorder prevention and body image experts
Our training protocols and materials have been developed by leading body image and eating disorder researchers and psychologists, ensuring gold-standard and up-to-date methods and materials.
Our Master Trainers bring extensive experience in running training workshops and delivering evidence-based interventions. With backgrounds and qualifications in psychology, counselling, dietetics, and public health, they are trained and mentored by Professor Phillippa Diedrichs, PhD - Founder of EVERYBODY Consulting and Professor of Psychology at the Centre for Appearance Research, UWE.
Professor Diedrichs is a world-renowned expert, Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders, and author of 100+ peer-reviewed publications. Her evidence-based programmes, co-created with global partners including Unilever, UNICEF, Nike and NHS England, have reached over 130 million young people. Trained by The Body Project’s original creators, Drs Eric Stice and Carolyn Becker, she leads trainings across the UK, Europe, and Australia, and has conducted international research trials on its effectiveness.
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Dr Carolyn Becker, PhD
“Phillippa and the team at EVERYBODY are the go-to experts for Body Project training in the UK. Their in depth knowledge and experience of effectively training, evaluating and supporting implementation of The Body Project across sectors in the region is unmatched.
If you’re looking for a time-efficient, cost-effective and evidence-based way to prevent eating disorders and promote body acceptance in your community, this is your opportunity to work with the best in field.”
Co-creator of The Body Project
Professor of Psychology, Trinity University
Past President, Academy for Eating Disorders
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Dr Dasha Nicholls, MD
“Investing in prevention is crucial to reducing the devastating impact that eating disorders can have on the lives of those affected and their loved ones.
The Body Project training delivered by EVERYBODY offers a scalable evidence-based solution to prevention in the UK led by leading body image and eating disorder experts.”
National Specialist Advisor on Eating Disorders, NHS England
Clinical Reader in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Imperial College London
Past President, Academy for Eating Disorders
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Sam Clark-Stone, FRSA
“Deciding to commission Body Project Training was an important step forward for Gloucestershire. It’s evidence-based, cost-effective and allows us to mobilise members of our community to deliver effective eating disorder prevention programming outside of the clinical environment.
Like most health services, we’ve struggled to keep up with the demand for eating disorder treatment and support. Investing in prevention and early intervention in the community at a local level is imperative to turning this around.
The training was brief, engaging and professional. It inspired my colleagues and I strongly recommend it.”
Lead Clinician
Eating Disorders Service
Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
We’re on a mission
to improve the lives of young people by making evidence-based eating disorder prevention and body image programmes widely accessible throughout the UK and beyond.
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FAQs
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The Body Project is an evidence-based eating disorder prevention programme that challenges gendered stereotypes and beauty ideals. Proven to reduce eating disorder risk by up to 60%, it has reached 4.5 million participants in 136 countries. It is delivered to small groups of adolescents and young adults over 4-6 hours by trained facilitators.
Our Booster Trainings (Men & Boys; LGBTQIA+) are offered online via Zoom or MS Teams.
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Using cognitive dissonance techniques, it helps participants develop skills to reject unrealistic appearance pressures, improve body image, and reducing appearance ideals. It is designed to address key eating disorder risk factors. It uses a scientifically-backed train-the-trainer model to equip educators, mental health support workers, teachers, nurses, clinicians, and community leaders to deliver The Body Project in schools, universities, NHS Trusts, and local authorities.
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The Body Project is designed for teenagers and young adults. There are different versions tailored to girls, young women, boys, young men, athletes, LGBTQIA+ groups, and ethnically diverse populations. It is often delivered to students, youth groups, schools, universities, girl guides and scouts, and health centres. We offer training across all of these audiences.
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The Body Project is a gold-standard eating disorder prevention program. It is supported by more scientific research than any other body image and eating disorder prevention programme, proving its effectiveness in reducing eating disorder risk by up to 60%. The evidence-base for the Body Project includes meta-analyes, randomised-controlled trials and user feedback from independent research groups around the world, including research conducted in the UK.
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Yes, EVERYBODY Consulting offers training in The Body Project throughout the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. You can work with our world-leading experts in evidence-based eating disorder prevention and body image training to train your organisation and staff in The Body Project. Our Master Trainers have extensive experience in delivering and researching body image interventions. They are committed to scientifically validated, evidence-based practice, ensuring organisations receive high-quality, research-backed prevention training.
Ready to find out more about The Body Project?
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
References
¹Becker, C.B. & Stice, E. (2017). From Efficacy to Effectiveness to Broad Implementation: Evolution of the Body Project. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(8), 767–782. doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000204
²Stice, E., Onipede, Z.A., & Marti, C.N. (2021). A meta-analytic review of trials that tested whether eating disorder prevention programs prevent eating disorder onset. Clinical Psychology Review, 87, doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2021.102046
³Stice, E., Marti, C.N., Shaw, H., & Rohde, P. (2021). Meta-analytic review of dissonance-based eating disorder prevention programs: Intervention, participant, and facilitator features that predict larger effects. Clinical Psychology Review, 70, 91-107, doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2019.04.004
⁴Ciao, A., Duvall, A., Pascual, S., & Kendall, A.L. (2023). Expert peer facilitation of the EVERYbody Project: A randomized-controlled evaluation of a diversity-focused, dissonance-based, universal body image program for college students. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 56, 372-383, doi.org/10.1002/eat.23852
Brown, T.A. & Keel, P.K. (2015). A randomized controlled trial of a peer co-led dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program for gay men. Behavior Research & Therapy, 74, 1-10, doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2015.08.008