Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (more commonly known as EDNOS) is an eating disorder that, while it may display.Learn more!WhatYouNeedtoKnowAboutEatingDisorderNOSByKristinePepper|Published11/4/20182ImageSource:Pixabay.comInthecurrentworldofInstagrammodels,Photoshopandasocietalhyper-focusonphysicalattributes,moreandmoreattentionaregettingpaidtothedangersandconsequencesofeatingdisorderslikeanorexianervosa,bulimianervosa,andbingeeatingdisorder.Manypeopleremainunawarehowever,thatifsomeoneisdisplayingsomeofthesymptomsofoneoralloftheseconditions,orwarningsignsofaneatingdisorderingeneral,thattheindividualmightnotbesufferingfromanorexianervosaorbulimianervosabutinsteadhasaformofEatingDisorderNotOtherwiseSpecified(betterknownasEDNOS).It’sNotCalledEDNOSAnymoreIntheDiagnosticandStatisticalManualofMentalDisordersFifthEdition,theterm“EatingDisorderNotOtherwiseSpecified”hasundergoneanamechange.NowreferredtoasOtherSpecifiedFeedingandEatingDisorders(OSFED),thecriteriaforOSFEDismorespecificthanthatofEDNOS.Previously,alargepercentageofcasesbeingtreatedateatingdisordertreatmentcentersandnon-specialtyclinicswereconsideredEDNOS.Withamorerefinedcategory,thepercentageofindividualsdiagnosedwithOSFEDislessthanthatwithEDNOS.EatingDisorderNotOtherwiseSpecifiedisNota“Catch-All”EatingDisorderNotOtherwiseSpecified(morecommonlyknownasEDNOS)isaneatingdisorderthat,whileitmaydisplaysomecharacteristicsofotherdisorders,doesnotmeettherequirementsofanorexianervosa,bulimianervosaorbingeeatingdisorder.PeoplewithEDNOSmightshowsymptomsofone,both,orneitherdisorderbutstilldemonstrateanunhealthyobsessionwithfood,weightcontrolorloss,orexercise.WhileitmightbeknownnowasthetermOSFED(orOtherSpecifiedFeedingandEatingDisorders),thereisaspecificlistofcriteriathatmustbemetinorderforanindividualtohaveEDNOS.EDNOSistheMostPrevalentEatingDisorderWhilemoreattentionispaidtoanorexianervosa,bulimianervosaorbingeeatingdisorder,themajorityofthosesufferingfromaneatingdisorderfallsunderthecategoryofEatingDisorderNotOtherwi