| ACGT | Active Comparison Group Therapy |
| AN | Anorexia Nervosa |
| BDI | Beck Depression inventory |
| BED | Binge Eating Disorder |
| BES | Binge Eating Scale |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| BN | Bulimia Nervosa |
| BPD | Borderline Personality Disorder |
| BTP | Behavioural Treatment Plan |
| CBT | Cognitive Behaviour Therapy |
| CBT-E | Enhanced CBT |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| DBT | Dialectical Behaviour Therapy |
| DEBQ | Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire |
| DERS | Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale |
| DSM | The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| ED | Eating Disorder(s) |
| EDE-Q | Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire |
| EDI-3 | Eating Disorder Inventory |
| EDNOS | Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified |
| EDQLS | The Eating Disorder Quality of Life Scale |
| EES | Emotional Eating Scale |
| ER | Emotion Regulation |
| IPT | Interpersonal Psychotherapy |
| MD | Mean Difference |
| NMRS | Negative Mood Regulation Scale |
| OBE | Objective Binge Episode(s) |
| OMI | Outcome Measure Instrument(s) |
| OSFED | Other Specified Eating Disorders |
| PANAS | Positive and Negative Affect Schedule |
| RCT | Randomised controlled trial(s) |
| ROB 2 | Risk of Bias |
| ROBINS-I | Risk of Bias in Non-randomised Studies |
| SCID | Structural Clinical Interview for DSM |
| SCL-90 | The Symptom Checklist |
| SGT | Supportive Group Therapy |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| TAU | Treatment as Usual |