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    14. Gingras J, Fitzpatrick J, McCargar L. (2004). Body image of chronic dieters: lowered appearance evaluation and body satisfaction. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 104(10), 1589-92.
    15. Grossman P, Niemann L, Schmidt S, Walach H. (2004). Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits: A meta-analysis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57(1), 35-43.
    16. Guedes, T. S. R., Dantas de Oliveira, N. P., Holanda, A. M., Reis, M. A., Silva, C. P., Rocha e Silva, B. L., Cancela, M. C., & de Souza, D. L. B. (2018). Body Image of Women Submitted to Breast Cancer Treatment. Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 19(6), 1487–1493.
    17. Hammond M. (2007). Ways Dietitians are Incorporating Mindfulness and Mindful Eating into Nutrition Counseling. The Digest: a Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association, Fall, 1-9.
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    20. Khaw, K. T., Wareham, N., Bingham, S., Welch, A., Luben, R., & Day, N. (2008). Combined impact of health behaviours and mortality in men and women: the EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study. PLoS medicine, 5(1), e12.
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    22. Lewis-Smith, H., Diedrichs, P. C., & Harcourt, D. (2018). A pilot study of a body image intervention for breast cancer survivors. Body image, 27, 21–31.
    23. Lewis-Smith, H., Diedrichs, P. C., Bond, R., & Harcourt, D. (2020). Psychological and sociocultural influences on body image among midlife women with and without a history of breast cancer: Testing the Tripartite Influence Model of Body Image. Body image, 35, 114–125.
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    29. McPhail, D., & Orsini, M. (2021). Fat acceptance as social justice. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 193(35), E1398–E1399.
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    41. Robison, J., Putnam, K., & McKibbin, L. (2007). Health at every size: A compassionate, effective approach for helping individuals with weight-related concerns--Part II. American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal, 55, 185-192.
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    50. Willer, F., Hannan-Jones, M., & Strodl, E. (2019). Australian dietitians' beliefs and attitudes towards weight loss counselling and health at every size counselling for larger-bodied clients. Nutrition & dietetics: the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia, 76(4), 407–413.
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    List last updated 20/4/2023.

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