Unpacking the Controversies of Weight Loss and Dietary Restraint With Binge-Eating Disorder: Commentary on Grilo and Pittman.

The study by Grilo and Pittman highlights two related controversies affecting the eating disorders field: (1) Is it ever appropriate to recommend behavioral weight loss (BWL) interventions to patients with binge-eating disorder (BED); and (2) Is dietary restraint beneficial or harmful? This paper explores reasons underlying these controversies and underscores the important nuances within these constructs within the context of Grilo and Pittman's findings. For example, people often subsume BWL as part of the umbrella term "dieting," but extensive research shows clear differences between self-directed "dieting" and BWL intervention on both weight loss efficacy and on eating disorder psychopathology. In addition, it is critical to consider and understand the different types of dietary restraint.

Parents of 5-to-12-year-old children with food allergies report more frequent use of structure-based food parenting practices.

Objectives: Food parenting practices (FPP) can have effects on children's eating behaviors. Over 8 million children in the US have food allergies, however, little is known about FPP for those who have children with food allergies. The objective of this study was to describe FPP among children with food allergies.

The relationship among disordered eating behavior, power of food scale and sensitization of the reinforcing value of food.

Introduction: Disordered eating behaviors are a current public health concern since their progression can lead to the development of a full criteria eating disorder. Sensitization to repeated intake of high energy density (HED) foods is associated with excess weight gain over time, but less is known about relationships with assessments of disordered eating. Thus, this study aims to understand how disordered eating behaviors refunlate to the influence of the food environment and sensitization.

The emerging role of glucagon-like peptide 1 in binge eating.

Binge eating is a central component of two clinical eating disorders: binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa. However, the large treatment gap highlights the need to identify other strategies to decrease binge eating. Novel pharmacotherapies may be one such approach.

A pilot study evaluating online training for therapist delivery of interpersonal psychotherapy for eating disorders.

Objective: Individuals with eating disorders (EDs) often do not receive evidence-based care, such as interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT), partly due to lack of accessible training in these treatments. The standard method of training (i.e.