Food Addiction Symptoms and Clinical Outcomes in Binge‐Type Eating Disorders: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy‐Guided Self‐Help in China

Key Points

• To examine the relationship between food addiction symptoms and clinical outcomes in binge-type eating disorders following cognitive behavioral therapy-guided self-help.
• Conducted a randomized clinical trial in mainland China.
• Participants received cognitive behavioral therapy-guided self-help.
• Outcomes measured included food addiction symptoms and psychosocial functioning.
• Cognitive behavioral therapy-guided self-help was linked to reductions in food addiction symptoms.
• Decreased food addiction symptoms correlated with improved psychosocial functioning.