Background. EDNOS refers to Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified – a diagnostic category used from 1987-2013. OSFED refers to Other Specified Feeding or ...01-2107906alex@bodywhys.ieAboutUsContactUsGetInvolvedLoginDonateMenuAboutEating DisordersCloseAnorexiaNervosaBulimiaNervosaBingeEatingDisorderMenandEatingDisordersOtherEatingDisordersKeyIssuesCovid-19andEatingDisordersReflectionsReport:EatingDisordersExperiencesinIrelandFAQsCloseBodyImage ResourcesINeedHelpSupporting SomeoneCloseApproachingSomeoneParentsResourcePiLaRProgrammeSchoolsForProfessionalsMaudsleyChristmasTipsChristmasTipsforFamilyJanuaryStressCloseRecovery&TreatmentCloseRecoveryTreatmentGuideHSESelf-CareAppServicesDirectorySeeMySelfOtherResourcesCloseUpcoming EventsMedia& researchCloseeBulletinMediaGuidelinesMediaPanelPressReleasesResearchRequestsStatisticsStudentAssignmentsPublicSubmissionsCloseUnderstandingEatingDisordersOtherEatingDisordersEDNOS&OSFEDEDNOS&OSFEDBackgroundEDNOSrefersto EatingDisorderNotOtherwiseSpecified–adiagnosticcategoryusedfrom1987-2013.OSFEDrefersto OtherSpecifiedFeedingorEatingDisorder–anupdateddiagnosticcategory,publishedbythe AmericanPsychiatricAssociationin2013.OSFEDisthemostprevalent*ofalleatingdisorders.*Source:Galmicheetal(2019)Micalietal(2017)EatingDisorderNotOtherwiseSpecifiedEatingdisordernototherwisespecified(EDNOS)referstoaconditionwhereapersonmayengageinavarietyofbehavioursandsymptomsfromacrossthespectrumofthespecificallydefinedconditions,butmaynotfitcomfortablyintooneofthoseclassifications.Forexample,apersonmayshowallothersymptomsandbehavioursofanorexia,butwithoutsignificantweightloss;orapersonmayshowthesymptomsofbulimia,butisnotbinging/purgingasregularlyasrequiredbythestrictdiagnosticcriteria. Oneofthemostsignificantareascurrentlyincludedwithinthe‘EDNOS’categoryisBingeEatingDisorder.EDNOSisthoughttoaccountforupto50%ofdiagnosesofeatingdisorders,howeverbecauseofthedifficultiesaroundthediagnosticcriteriaitisnotrecognizedtothesameextent.Whilealessconcretediagnosisca