Blind versus open weighing from an eating disorder patient perspective.

Weighing is a key component in the treatment of eating disorders. Most treatment protocols advocate for open weighing, however, many clinicians choose to use blind weighing, especially during the early phase of treatment. Despite considerable debate about this issue in the literature, there is no empirical evidence supporting the superiority of one weighing approach over the other. In addition, little is known about patients' perspectives of open and blind weighing and which weighing practice they view as more acceptable and/or beneficial for their treatment.