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Discusses several ways to prevent eating disorders among college students. Background on the risk of glamorizing eating disorders; Importance of separating primary and secondary intervention efforts; Discussion on the need to identify the factors contributing to eating disorders; Innovations in prevention programs; Technology in self-help programs.

Focuses on the Beautiful Project, the Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2000 activity of the Knoxville Area Task Force on Eating Disorders (KATFED). Mission of the project; Highlights of activities during the Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention (EDAP) Coordinator's Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee; Movies that were shown throughout the conference; Other programs that KATFED uses to target the younger population.

Presents information on some projects which aim to promote eating disorder awareness and prevention in the United States. Elisa Project, a nonprofit organization established by Elisa Right McCall of Dallas, Texas; Eating Disorders Anonymous in Phoenix, Arizona; Dads and Daughter organization, founded by Michael Kieschnik.

Presents information on the 2001 National Eating Disorders Awareness Week promoted by the Eating Disorders and Prevention Inc. (EDAP) in North America. Theme of the event; Goal of EDAP'; Highlights of the events; Prevention efforts of EDAP.

Provides information on GO GIRLS!, a program for the prevention of eating disorders among high school students, developed by Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention Inc. Goals and rationale of the program; Description of the program; Evaluation of the program.

Discusses a study which examined the application of media literacy and activism to prevent eating disorders. Psychological impact of media literacy; Methodology; Effects of activism.

Editorial. Focuses on issues about women sports. Vulnerability of female athletes; Impact of menstruation on athletes' performance; Significance of sports to prevent eating disorders.

Offers advice to parents on how to prevent eating disorders in their children. Education of parents and children on the genetic basis of differences in body shapes and body weight; Taking people for what they say, fee and do, not for how they look; Ignoring body shape as an indicator of anything about personality or value.

Discusses the importance of prevention programs on obesity and eating disorders. Effects of wrong kind of intervention; Goals of preventive efforts in the weight field; Encouragement of healthy lifestyles; Initiation of effective prevention programs.

Focuses on the launching of an eating disorder prevention program in Norway in 1993. Education of young people; Early intervention for students with disordered eating; Long-term active treatment for eating disorders; Criticism of demands to reduce weight as common cause of eating problem; Socialized nature of the Norwegian health care system.

Cites things that men can do and be to prevent eating disorders. Includes the rejection of the notion that eating disorders are a women's issue; Thinking seriously about one's self as a gendered being; Awareness of role as a father, brother or uncle; Acceptance of responsibility for learning about sexism within the patriarchal and capitalist society; Abandonment of sexism.