REVIEW ARTICLE - Responses to weight loss treatment among obese individuals with and without BED: A matched-study meta-analysis
B. Blaine*, and J. Rodman**
*Psychology Department, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, and **Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA

The moderating influence of binge eating status on obese individuals’ responses to weight loss treatment was evaluated with a meta-analysis of 36 tests of weight loss treatment (n=792) that were matched to control key background variables. After controlling for pre-treatment weight, treatment produced more weight loss in samples of obese non-BED compared with obese BED participants. Weight loss treatment produced large post-treatment reductions in depression in both obese BED and non-BED samples. The results indicate that BED status moderated post-treatment weight loss among people in weight treatment programs. Obese BED (average weight loss= 1.3 kg) samples lost negligible weight compared to obese non-BED (average weight loss= 10.5 kg) samples. BED status did not moderate psychological responses to treatment: both BED and non-BED samples experienced large post-treatment reductions in depression. The clinical implications of these findings are discussed. (Eating Weight Disord. 12: 54-60, 2007). ©2007, Editrice Kurtis  

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