Scientific Research
The Butterfly Body Bright program has been informed by Australian and international research on body image, disordered eating and eating disorder prevention, and effective implementation of prevention programs. This has ensured that the school culture guidelines, online staff training, lesson plans and family resources are safe, age/role appropriate and address the known modifiable risk and protective factors that underpin the development of body dissatisfaction, disordered eating and eating disorders in children and adolescents.
Butterfly Body Bright Research
The Butterfly Body Bright project team have conducted numerous studies that have helped inform and evaluate the program, and new research is ongoing.
New research
Butterfly Body Bright is being evaluated in a new research project based in Victoria, in collaboration with researchers at Deakin University.
Butterfly Reports
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1,600 Voices from Australian Primary Schools
What the Body Bright Staff Training reveals about body image in primary schools
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Staff Training That's Changing School Culture
What 500+ Australian primary school staff told us about the Body Bright Staff Training
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Impact in 2024
Hear what 30 schools implementing Body Bright in 2024 had to say about its impact.
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2021 Pilot Evaluation FULL REPORT
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2021 Pilot Evaluation SNAPSHOT
Published Research
Damiano, S.R., Jarman, H.K., Paxton, S.J. (2026). Developing and Evaluating a Universal Primary School Body Image Program: An Uncontrolled Pilot Study of Butterfly Body Bright. Behavioral Sciences,16(8):1306. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16081306
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