Management of eating disorders for people with higher weight: clinical practice guideline

Table 11 Recommendations for the management of eating disorders for people with higher weight: nutrition and medical management

Recommendation	Level of evidence
Nutritional/medical guidance should minimise language that can reinforce poor self-worth and contribute to worsening eating disorder behaviours	C
Irrespective of body size, addressing malnutrition and poor diet quality is essential	C

NHMRC grades range: A. Body of evidence can be trusted to guide practice e.g., meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) low risk of bias; B. Body of evidence can be trusted to guide practice in most situations (RCTs or other controlled studies, low risk of bias); C. Body of evidence provides some support for recommendation(s) but care should be taken in its application (moderate risk of bias in trails); and D. Body of evidence is weak and recommendation must be applied with caution (high risk of bias in trails). Full criteria in Additional file 1: Appendix C

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