Preventing eating disorders with an interactive gender-adapted intervention program in schools: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Risk factors for Eating Disorders with good empirical support

Risk factors	Study
Individual risk factors
Female sex	[2,11-13]
Adolescence and childhood	[2,11-13]
Low self-esteem	[11-13]
Perfectionism	[14,15]
Negative emotionality	[11-15]
Body dissatisfaction	[15,16]
Psychosocial risk factors
Internalization of Western beauty ideals	[14,15,17]
Adverse life events (e.g. sexual abuse)	[2,11-13]

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