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Diagnostic Criteria* (EDNOS)

Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified encompasses disorders of eating that do not meet full criteria for any other specific eating disorder. Some examples of EDNOS include:

  1. For females, all of the criteria for anorexia nervosa are met, except that the individual has regular menses
  2. All the criteria for anorexia nervosa are met, except that despite signficant weight loss, the individual's current weight is in the normal range
  3. All the criteria for bulimia nervosa are met, except that the binge eating and inappropriate compensatory mechanisms occur at a frequency of less than twice per week or a duration of less than three months
  4. The regular use of inappropriate compensatory behavior by an individual of normal body weight after eating small amounts of food
  5. Repeatedly chewing and spitting out, but not swallowing large amounts of food
  6. Binge eating disorder

*These criteria are established by the American Psychiatric Association and published in the Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition.