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Randomized controlled HAES studies reported in peer-reviewed journals
Investigation	Group type^a(n)	Population	Number of treatment sessions	Follow-up (number of weeks post treatment)	Attrition	Improvements			Decre-ments

						Physio-logic	Health behaviors	Psycho-social

Provencher, et al., 2009[17] and 2007[20]	HAES (n = 48); social support (n = 48); control (n = 48)	Overweight and obese women	15	26	8%; 19%; 21%	Not evaluated	Eating behaviors	Not evaluated	None

Bacon et al, 2005 [11] and 2002[19]	HAES (n = 39); diet (n = 39)	Obese women, chronic dieters	30	52	8%; 42%	LDL, systolic blood pressure	Activity, binge eating	Self esteem, depression, body dissatisfact-ion, body image, interoceptive awareness	None

Rapaport et al., 2000[16]	Modified cognitive-behavioral treatment (n= 37); cognitive behavioral treatment (n= 38)	Overweight and obese women	10	52	16%; 16%	Total cholesterol^b, LDL cholesterol^b, systolic blood pressure^b, diastolic blood pressure^b	Activity^b, dietary quality^b	Emotional well-being^b, distress^b	None

Ciliska, 1998[12]	Psycho-educational (n = 29); education only (n = 26), waitlist control (n = 23)	Obese women	12	52	14%; 23%; 41%	Diastolic blood pressure	Binge eating	Self-esteem, body dissatisfact-ion, depression	None

Goodrick et al., 1998[13]	Nondiet (n = 62); diet (n = 65); wait-list control (n = 58)	Overweight and obese women, binge-eaters	50	78	Not reported	Not evaluated	Binge-eating, exercise^b	Not evaluated	None

Tanco, et al., 1998[14]	Cognitive group treatment (n = 20); weight loss (n = 21); waitlist control (n = 19)	Obese women	8	26	10%; 10%; 32%	Not evaluated	Not evaluated	Depression, anxiety, eating-related psycho-pathology, perception of self-control	None

^aHAES group listed first and in bold. (The names reflect those used in the publication.) ^bImprovement in HAES group, but not statistically different from the control.
Bacon and Aphramor Nutrition Journal 2011 10:9 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-9

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