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Body image is one of the most important concepts in the study of eating disorders. The assessment and treatment of body-image issues are considered to be integral aspects of assessment and clinical management of eating disorders (Thompson, 1996b). The program, BodyImage, is software for the assessment of body-image disturbance. It uses an image-distorting technique to estimate body size. The image of the whole body or parts of the body can be captured as a digital image by a digital camera. Response data from participants are recorded as ASCII files so that other computer programs such as spreadsheets or word processing programs can handle the data. BodyImage works on personal computers, both Macintosh and Windows. It is available at no cost, and it can be obtained from the following URL: http://homepage2.nifty.com/s_shibata/softwares/bodyimage.html.
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The original version of this software was used in the study of Hasegawa, Hashimoto, and Sato (1999).
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Shibata, S. A Macintosh and Windows program for assessing body-image disturbance using adjustable image distortion. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 34, 90–92 (2002). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03195427
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