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Table 2 The effects across time of a ketogenic diet on binge eating, depression, food addiction symptoms and weight

From: Treating binge eating and food addiction symptoms with low-carbohydrate Ketogenic diets: a case series

VariableCasesBaselineChange after 6–7 monthsChange after 9–13 monthsChange after 17 months
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (depression subscale score)Case 120−19  
Case 2  
Case 3  
Binge-Eating ScaleCase 135− 31  
Case 2  
Case 3  
Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (modified for Binge Eating)Case 139− 37  
Case 2  
Case 3  
Reported Binge Eating Episodes and FrequencyCase 11–3 times daily; 14 times per week−14 weekly−14 weekly−14 weekly
Case 21–2 times daily; 8–11 times per week− 8 to − 11 weekly− 8 to − 11 weekly−8 to − 11 weekly
Case 31–2 times daily; 8–10 times per week− 8 to − 10 weekly−7 to – 9 weekly−8 to − 11 weekly
Yale Food Addiction ScaleCase 110− 9  
Case 27−6  
Case 36 −4 
Weight (kg)Case 1115.7−17.0− 26.3− 28.2
Case 2145.2−20.4−19.1 
Case 3110.2−10.0−10.9 
Weight (% weight change)Case 1 −14.7−22.7−24.4
Case 2 −14.0−13.2 
Case 3 −9.1−9.9 
BMI (kg/m2)Case 143.1−4.6−9.1−10.0
Case 247.1−6.8−6.0 
Case 340.4−3.8−4.0