Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS) symptoms | Eating disorder Not Otherwise Specified
EDNOS is a diagnosis that is often received when an individual meets many, but not all, of the criteria for anorexia or bulimia. For females, all the criteria ...SkiptomaincontentInthissectionSelectapage...AnorexiasymptomsBulimiasymptomsBingeeatingdisordersymptomsEatingDisorderNotOtherwiseSpecified(EDNOS)symptomsEatingDisorderNotOtherwiseSpecified(EDNOS)symptomsEDNOSisadiagnosisthatisoftenreceivedwhenanindividualmeetsmany,butnotall,ofthecriteriaforanorexiaorbulimia.Forfemales,allthecriteriaforanorexiaaremetexceptthatoflossofregularperiods.Allthecriteriaforanorexiaaremetexceptthat,despitesignificantweightloss,theindividual’scurrentweightisinthenormalrange.Allthecriteriaforbulimiaaremetexceptthatthebingeeatingandthebehavioursdesignedtooffsetthebingeeatingareinappropriateandoccuratafrequencyoflessthantwiceaweekorforadurationoflessthan3months.Theregularuseofweightcontrollingbehavioursbyanindividualofnormalbodyweightaftereatingsmallamountsoffood(e.g. self-inducedvomitingaftereatingtwobiscuits).Repeatedlychewingandspittingout,butnotswallowing,largeamountsoffood.Ifyouhaveaneatingdisorder,talktoyourGP. InthissectionAnorexiasymptomsBulimiasymptomsBingeeatingdisordersymptomsEatingDisorderNotOtherwiseSpecified(EDNOS)symptomsAccessibility