*2.3. Treatment*

Patients received cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) treatment carried out by experienced psychologists at Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB), which consisted of 16 weekly outpatient group sessions of 90 min each and a follow-up period of 6, 12 and 24 months. A detailed description of the treatment applied could be found in [26], with the following

main treatment objectives: cognitive restructuring, problem-solving, emotion management techniques, and normalisation of eating behaviour.
