Eating disorder prevention program promising

Promises to make kids even fatter, that is.

"An eating disorder prevention program aimed at elementary school girls has shown promise in early testing. A group of fifth-grade girls appeared to be less dissatisfied with their bodies, less likely to think about and engage in uncontrolled eating, and reported greater social self-confidence after completing the program.

'Any program that decreases body dissatisfaction is valuable,' Dr. Melinda Scime told Reuters Health. "Decreased body dissatisfaction among program participants is especially promising in light of the increased body dissatisfaction we noted among non-participants.'"

"Any program that decreases body dissatisfaction is" harmful.

Dissatisfaction with something leads to change.

We should be dissatisfied with this stupid research and make change.

As in cutting off funding.

Oh yeah, and not to mention the fact that your research only showed that you are a failure:

"Scime and colleagues measured eating disorder risk factors among 75 participants, and a similar number of non-participants, of a 10-week eating disorder prevention program for fifth-grade girls.

The weekly 90-minute sessions addressed risky and protective behaviors associated with eating disorders, how media encourages thinness, and promoted self-esteem, coping, and competence, the investigators explain in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.

While Scime's group noted some benefits to program participation, including less body dissatisfaction, they did not find a lessening in the intention to strive for thinness, nor did they see significant improvements in self-competence or coping skills among participants versus non-participants."

900 minutes per kid spent uselessly and wastefully.

Unless you are a researcher. Then you got paid.

"'We need to discredit and fight the extensive prevalence of body dissatisfaction and eating disorders among women in society today, and the social and cultural forces, like popular media that contribute to these issues' (sic) Scime said."

We need to rightfully discredit you and your ilk and move on.

BTW, fifth graders are not "women." They are kids.

Idiot.