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A core feature is a disturbance of body image, such that sufferers see themselves as fatter than they actually are.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We tested the effectiveness of a novel training programme to recalibrate our participants\u2019 perception of body size.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In a novel adaptation of a cognitive bias training programme, participants judged the body size of a series of female bodies and were given feedback to improve their accuracy over four daily training sessions. In Study 1, we recruited young women with high concerns about their body size for a randomized controlled study. In Study 2, we then applied the training programme to a case series of women with atypical\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AN<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In Study 1, the training programme significantly improved the body size judgements of women with high body concerns compared to controls. We also found evidence of improved body image and reduced eating concerns in this group. In Study 2, the programme again recalibrated the body size judgements of women with atypical\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">AN<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      . We also saw evidence of a clinically meaningful reduction in their body size and eating\u2010disordered concerns.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This training has the potential to be a valuable treatment used together with more traditional talking therapies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:label\/>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:boxed-text content-type=\"box\" position=\"anchor\">\n                        <jats:caption>\n                          <jats:title>Statement of contribution<\/jats:title>\n                        <\/jats:caption>\n                        <jats:p>\n                          <jats:italic>\n                            <jats:bold>What is already known on this subject?<\/jats:bold>\n                          <\/jats:italic>\n                        <\/jats:p>\n                        <jats:p>A core feature of anorexia nervosa (AN) is an overestimation of body size; sufferers believe themselves to be larger than they are in reality. This study shows that an individual's perceptual boundary between what they classify as a fat versus a thin body is not immutable; it can be changed through a cognitive bias training programme.<\/jats:p>\n                        <jats:p>\n                          <jats:italic>\n                            <jats:bold>What does this study add?<\/jats:bold>\n                          <\/jats:italic>\n                        <\/jats:p>\n                        <jats:p>\n                          <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                            <jats:list-item>\n                              <jats:p>This means that body size overestimation may now be treatable.<\/jats:p>\n                            <\/jats:list-item>\n                            <jats:list-item>\n                              <jats:p>Critically, as well as improving the accuracy of body size judgements, we also found a clinically significant improvement in participants\u2019 eating\u2010disordered concerns.<\/jats:p>\n                            <\/jats:list-item>\n                            <jats:list-item>\n                              <jats:p>This demonstrates that a targeted behavioural training regime can change body perception, and the central role that body overestimation has in eating\u2010disordered beliefs.<\/jats:p>\n                            <\/jats:list-item>\n                          <\/jats:list>\n                        <\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:boxed-text>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/bjhp.12217","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,4]],"date-time":"2016-11-04T00:49:56Z","timestamp":1478220596000},"page":"60-76","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["An interactive training programme to treat body image disturbance"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Lucinda J.","family":"Gledhill","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Psychiatry Psychology &amp; 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