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Eating disorders are grouped into 3 categories: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). Within EDNOS, provisional diagnostic criteria are provided for binge eating disorder. (See the American Psychiatric Association's Practice Guidelines: Treatment of Patients With Eating Disorders, 3rd Edition, and guidelines from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence [NICE].

Last full review/revision July 2008 by Albert J. Stunkard, MD; G. Terence Wilson, PhD

Content last modified July 2008