Recruiting

Body Project

Sponsor:

Susan Gamberg

Code:

NCT06963086

Conditions

Body Image

Body Dissatisfaction

Dietary Restraint

Negative Affect

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 15 - 22

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Eating disorder prevention program (the Body Project)

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this study is to evaluate the Body Project, which is an eating disorder prevention program for youth 15-22 years old. The main question it aims to answer is 'Can an eating disorder prevention program, specifically the Body Project, be successfully delivered to youth in Nova Scotia'?

This study will determine the feasibility of implementing the Body Project in Nova Scotia by assessing the following objectives:

1. Acceptability (how well the Body Project is received by, and the extent to which it is perceived as meeting the needs of, youth in Nova Scotia).
2. Demand (the extent to which youth in Nova Scotia are interested in and willing to engage with the program).
3. Integration (the extent to which the Body Project is judged as feasible by the group facilitators).
4. Effectiveness (the extent to which the Body Project reduces eating disorder risk factors in youth in Nova Scotia).

Participants will:

  • Attend a total of 4-4.5 hours of Body Project group sessions, which are led by peer mentors.
  • Complete outcome measure questionnaires before their first session and after their last session.
  • Participate in a focus group with their session group members after their last session.

Conditions

Body Image

Body Dissatisfaction

Dietary Restraint

Negative Affect

Study ID

NCT06963086

Start date

Jan 14, 2026

Status verified date

Jan, 2026

Completion date

Sep, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 15 - 22

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Self-identify as a girl/woman.
  • Be between the ages of 15-22 years old.
  • For inclusion in an in-person group, an individual must be currently enrolled as a student at the school where they will participate in sessions.
  • For inclusion in a virtual BP group, an individual must live in and/or attend school in Nova Scotia, and have access to a computer (e.g., laptop, desktop computer, cellphone) with internet connection and a webcam that can be used in a private location (if a participant does not have a private location to use when attending sessions, they will be asked to wear headphones).
  • Able to complete English computer-based self-report questionnaires (with adequate accommodation, if necessary).
  • Provides informed consent (or verbal assent with informed consent provided by parent/guardian).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previous participation in the Body Project.

Study Design

Enrollment

120 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: the Body Project

Interventions

Eating disorder prevention program (the Body Project)

The Body Project is an eating disorder prevention program for girls and young women aged 15-22 years old. The program will be delivered in groups of 6-10 youth by peer mentors, and in two formats: in-person and virtual. We are assessing two versions of the program - a 6-session version (6 weekly 45-minute sessions) and a 2-session version (2 weekly 2-hour sessions). Participants will be divided into 4 cohorts: high school in-person, university in-person, high school-aged (15-18 years) virtual, and university-aged (19-22 years) virtual. The high school in-person groups will do the 6-session version, and the university in-person groups as well as all virtual groups will do 2 weekly 2-hour sessions. Both versions cover similar content, and use a scripted intervention manual.

Primary outcome measure

  • Acceptability of the Body Project as measured with focus groups [ Time Frame: Immediately following completion of the final Body Project session for each group (week 2 for university and virtual groups; or week 6 for high school in-person groups) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Susan Gamberg, PhD

902-473-2239susan.gamberg@nshealth.ca

Locations

Abbie J Lane Memorial Building, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Nova Scotia Health Authority

Recruiting

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 2E2

Contacts

Susan Gamberg, PhD

902-473-2239susan.gamberg@nshealth.ca

More Information

Sponsor

Susan Gamberg

Last update posted

Jan 15, 2026

Last verified

Jan, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Susan Gamberg on 2026-01-15.