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ReviewEuropean eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association2026

Design, Implement, Sustain: Advancing Program-Led Interventions for Binge Eating, a Narrative Review.

Bernou Melisse, Sanne F W Marcic-van Doornik, Annemarie van Elburg

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Review in European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Design, Implement, Sustain: Advancing Program-Led Interventions for Binge Eating, a Narrative Review.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Bernou MelisseCo-Eur, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2636-5262
Sanne F W Marcic-van DoornikCo-Eur, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5826-5541
Annemarie van ElburgCo-Eur, Utrecht, the Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8745-4763

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveMost individuals with binge eating never receive treatment, partly due to a lack of specialists and long waitlists. Program-led interventions are scalable, and their therapeutic content and guidance are embedded within the program itself. However, they are not widely implemented in routine care. Strategies are proposed to overcome key barriers, to enhance the implementation, adherence, and reach of program-led interventions in routine care for binge eating.

methodsRecent evidence from a structured keyword-based search on program-led interventions for recurrent binge eating is synthesised, and strategies are proposed to optimise their design, personalisation, and implementation.

resultsSuccessful implementation of program-led interventions depends on intervention format, support, and user characteristics. Specialist-guided models reduce dropout rates, enhance adherence and acceptance, and support monitoring of adverse events. Brief, personalised digital interventions with synchronised therapist-user contact may reduce dropout probability and increase user and therapist adherence. Training and supervision promote therapist adherence and acceptance within routine care.

conclusionProgram-led interventions offer scalable, cost-effective care, but require balance between guidance, automation, contextual fit, and scalability. Challenges include resource demands, technological infrastructure, and applicability across diverse populations. Future research should test hybrid and algorithmically guided strategies, assess feasibility, equity, safeguard safety and privacy to support sustainable implementation.

Indexed as

Binge-Eating DisorderHumanseating disorderseffectivenessimplementationprogram‐led interventionsstepped care

Identifiers

PMID41990138
PMCPMC13432414

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