One Sheet Does Not Fit All: The Dietetic Treatment Experiences of Individuals with High Eating Disorder Symptomatology Attending a Metabolic and Bariatric Clinic; an Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Thank you for the opportunity to review this article.

 

The study has limitations, but it is interestingly prepared and conducted. An important and practical topic,  well-described introduction, methodolgy and discussion. The references cited are relevant and the most recent. Minor text and punctuation errors.

 

Measures :

It was not stated how BMI was estimated. Was height and weight assessed? How was this done? Please complete it.

Results :

In table 1 it is better to separate the data into two columns : n (%) and Mean +/- SD or otherwise mark to which measrue the data applied in each line

3.3. Quantitative Dietetitian Results

The description is clear, but in my opinion it needs a little correction. Authors should shorten this section a bit, perhaps the number of study participants feedback citations could be decreased.

Disscusion :

Please remove the link [32] after the word „pushback”

References :

Minor errors should be corrected.

 

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Remarks are in the text.

The number of respondents is small and I am interested in whether it is representative at the level of Australia.

Chapters 3.3.1. and 3.3.2. they contain a number of quotes from the comments of respondents, which is very unreadable and from which it is difficult to draw exact scientific conclusions.

As far as I understand, the conclusion of the work is that these patients need an individual approach by a nutritionist or dietician, which is not new but is a generally accepted postulate not only for eating disorders but also for the diet therapy of many other diseases.

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