Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS)

EDNOS are disorders of eating that do not meet the criteria of any specific eating disorder. These may include:

  • all the criteria for Anorexia Nervosa met but individuals have regular menses;
  • all the criteria for Anorexia Nervosa met except that despite significant weight loss the current weight is in normal range;
  • all the critera for Bulimia Nervosa met but binge eating and strategies to compensate for this are less often than twice a week or for less than 3 months;
  • regular use of compensatory strategies by an individual at normal weight after eating small amounts of food, eg. vomiting after eating two biscuits;
  • repeatedly chewing and spitting out but not swallowing large amounts of food;

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