Lifestyle behavioral weight‐loss treatment for binge‐eating disorder in patients with obesity: where's the harm?
Authors' conclusion
Frequency of cases with any increased symptoms of binge eating and/or ED psychopathology was quite low at posttreatment and at 1 year after ending BBWLT for BED and obesity. These participant-level findings add important clinical context regarding overall improvements with BBWLT for BED with obesity (large effect sizes) and challenge concerns that BBWLT exacerbates ED psychopathology.
Study context
- Population
- Participants with binge-eating disorder (BED) and obesity
- Participants
- 191 participants
- Primary endpoint
- Frequency of individuals with increased binge eating or ED psychopathology (individual-level changes)
- Follow-up
- Posttreatment and 12-month (18 months after baseline)
Methodological detailsparticipant-level analysis
- Participant-level analysis
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
posttreatment
Decreased binge-eating frequency
95.3%
n = 162
Decreased eating disorder (ED) psychopathology scores
87.6%
n = 149
Further findings
Individual-level change in binge eating and ED psychopathology · 12-month follow-up
- Decreased binge-eating frequency
- 97.1% (n = 135)
- Decreased ED psychopathology scores
- 93.0% (n = 120)
Safety
Increased ED symptoms
- Few instances of any increases, mostly small magnitudes
Original publication
Lifestyle behavioral weight‐loss treatment for binge‐eating disorder in patients with obesity: where's the harm? Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 7 May 2025. doi:10.
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