A pilot study that tested a ketogenic diet as a treatment for binge-eating disorder has been retracted by the journal Eating and Weight Disorders – Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity. The Editor-in-Chief retracted the article for legal and research integrity reasons, and the article in its published form has been removed for legal reasons. The retraction note, published on 3 November 2026 as article number 93 in Volume 31 of the journal, states that none of the authors has responded to correspondence from the publisher regarding the retraction.
The problems surfaced after publication, when the publisher was contacted by Dr. Verena Haas and Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, who claimed there was incorrect information in the article. According to the retraction note, the publisher contacted the authors about the raised concerns, but they were unable to provide a satisfactory explanation or documentation, including an appropriate ethics approval document.
An investigation then established that Dr. Verena Haas was not an author of the article at all. The retraction note states that false authorship information was added without her involvement or permission. In addition, the article contained incorrect information about her institutional affiliation and incorrectly stated that Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin had been involved in the study reported in the article.
Because of these findings, the authorship information of the article has been updated, and the...
A pilot study that tested a ketogenic diet as a treatment for binge-eating disorder has been retracted by the journal Eating and Weight Disorders – Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity. The Ed...