Does This Study Show That Restriction Doesn't Lead to Binging? Part 1 - Authors and Methodology

Recently a reader reaching out asking me to analyze a 2024 study called “Evaluating dietary restriction as a maintaining factor in binge-eating disorder” The authors claims that their findings:

“challenge the assumption that dietary restriction maintains BE [binge eating] among all individuals with BED [Binge Eating Disorder]. Rather, results suggest that dietary restriction may be largely unrelated to BE maintenance in this population, and that reducing dietary restriction generally does not have the intended effect on BE frequency.”

But do they really?