“…Table 2 summarizes the three studies that outline the similarities and differences found in NES and BED patients based on demographic and psychological outcomes. For all 22 studies, a total of 4,502 participants were recruited across various clinical populations, i.e., ED patients (including NES) ( n = 947 across eight studies; * McCune and Lundgren, 2015 ; * Vander Wal et al, 2015 ; * Vinai et al, 2015a , b ; * Loddo et al, 2019 ; * Tu et al, 2019 ; * Latzer et al, 2020a , b ), patients with obesity ( n = 1,616 participants across seven studies; * Cleator et al, 2013 , 2014 ; * Dalle Grave et al, 2013 ; * Roer et al, 2014 ; * Dorflinger et al, 2017 ; * Kara et al, 2020 ; * Uncu et al, 2020 ), and those who have had bariatric surgery or are planning to undergo one (i.e., prebariatric surgery patients) ( n = 1,939 participants across seven studies; * Baldofski et al, 2015 ; * Royal et al, 2015 ; * Ferreira Pinto et al, 2017 ; * Nasirzadeh et al, 2018 ; * Zengin-Eroglu et al, 2018 ; * Zickgraf et al, 2019 ; * Ivezaj et al, 2021 ).…”