Supporting positive body image and prevention of eating disorders in a school context
In this talk, Dr Hannah Lewis will introduce the role of promoting a positive body image in improving young people's mental health more generally, as well as how this can be an important risk factor to address in the prevention of eating disorders. Following this, she will outline some evidence-based tools and programmes to be delivered in a school setting before introducing her upcoming research project and ways to get involved.
Speaker
Dr Hannah Lewis is a postdoctoral research fellow at Queen Mary University of London. Her research focuses on how schools can promote a positive body image and prevent the onset of eating disorders, and she is particularly interested in how school-based prevention programmes can accommodate underrepresented groups in the field of eating disorders. You can find out more about Hannah's research here: Hannah Kate Lewis - NIHR Three Schools Prevention Programme
Host institution
The Youth Resilience Unit (YRU) is funded by Barts Charity and commenced its work on 1st March 2021. It is housed within the Wolfson Institute of Population Health at Queen Mary University of London. The overall aim of the YRU is to study how young people use resources in the community to overcome mental distress.
The YRU is currently based within the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health in Whitechapel (London, UK). It seeks collaboration both with the mental health services and organisations for young people in the community outside formal health services. Key research areas include: emotional disorders, loneliness, self-harm, suicide, and global mental health.
You can follow the activities of the YRU on Twitter (@QMULResilience). For more information about the YRU and contact details, please visit our website.
