Chart 1. Diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa⁽²⁾ .

DSM-IV – Anorexia nervosa criteria

–Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height: weight loss leading to maintenance of body weight less than 85% of that expected, or failure to make expected weight gain during period of growth, leading to body weight less than 85% of that expected –Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though underweight –Disorder in the way in which one's body weight or shape is experienced, undue influence of body shape on self-evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight –Post-menarcheal females, amenorrhea, i.e., the absence of at least three consecutive menstrual cycles –DSM-IV: anorexia nervosa –Types Restricting Type: weight loss after diet, fasting, or excessive exercise. Binge-Eating/Purging Type: weight loss with regular binge eating, purging (vomiting, laxatives, enemas, diuretics), or both

DSM IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV.