ArticleThe International journal of eating disorders2026
Expanding the Scope of Open Weighing to Target Anxiety About the Consequences of Weight Gain in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders.
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- Open Versus Concealed Weighing: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Pilot Study of Adults With Anorexia Nervosa in Residential Treatment.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Expanding the Scope of Open Weighing to Target Anxiety About the Consequences of Weight Gain in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Eating Disorders.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
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objectiveAnxiety about weight gain is a central feature of eating disorders (EDs) and plays a key role in maintaining ED symptomatology. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) experts have observed that patients with EDs often believe regular eating will lead to immediate, dramatic, and/or uncontrollable weight gain, prompting interventions like "collaborative weighing" and "open weighing" that help patients develop a realistic understanding of eating-weight relationships. However, patients also report anxiety about the consequences of weight gain (e.g., social rejection, self-hatred, permanent body dissatisfaction). While various CBT interventions address concerns about the consequences of weight gain, we propose that open weighing sessions-when patients confront weight increases and process accompanying emotional responses-provide underutilized therapeutic opportunities to work with these beliefs in real-time.
methodThis paper outlines three clinical enhancements that systematically leverage open weighing sessions to address consequence-related beliefs: (1) identifying catastrophic beliefs about weight gain consequences through guided inquiry, (2) integrating cognitive restructuring by framing weight restoration as a behavioral experiment, and (3) combining in vivo weighing with imaginal exposure to feared weight gain consequences.
resultsThese enhancements may provide complementary techniques for capitalizing on patients' real-time emotional activation during weighing, potentially enhancing existing CBT protocols' effectiveness in addressing a key mechanism underlying restrictive EDs. DISCUSSION: Future research might include randomized controlled trials comparing various weighing approaches, mixed-methods evaluations exploring weight-related fears across ED diagnoses and weight status, and mechanistic studies examining how addressing consequence-related beliefs improves treatment outcomes.
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