Obesity researchers who included measures of binge eating in studies on obesity treatment concluded that BWL was effective and that there was no need for specialty therapies.12, 13 Limitations of these studies included small sample sizes, lack of longer - term follow - up, and self - report measures of binge eating rather than the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) semi-structured interview.14 Potential
advantages of BWL are that it results in clinically
significant short - term weight loss and can be implemented by a wider range of health professionals than a specialty
psychological therapy.