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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2016 Nov 12;50(5):578–581. doi: 10.1002/eat.22628

Table 2.

DSM-IV and DSM-5 diagnoses

Diagnosis DSM-IV DSM-5 DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria
n % n %
Anorexia Nervosa 193 29.6 218 33.5 <85% mBMI, amenorrhea in postmenarcheal females, fear of weight gain, disturbance in way body weight/shape is experienced/denial of seriousness of current low body weight <87% mBMI, fear of weight gain, disturbance in way body weight/shape is experienced/denial of seriousness of current low body weight
Bulimia Nervosa 148 22.7 161 24.7 Recurrent binge eating and compensatory behaviors, twice a week for >3 months Recurrent binge eating and compensatory behaviors once a week for >3 months
Binge Eating Disorder 8 1.2 Recurrent binge eating once a week for >3 months
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder 11 1.7 Eating/feeding disturbance resulting in failure to meet nutritional needs without body image disturbance
Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified 310 47.6 Disorders not meeting criteria for specified diagnoses
Other Specified Eating/Feeding Disorder 253 39
 Atypical Anorexia Nervosa 126 19.4 All criteria for AN are met, mBMI is >87%
 BN (low frequency or limited duration) 42 6.5 Binge eating/compensatory behaviors <once/week or <3 months’ duration
 BED (low frequency or limited duration) 4 0.6 Binge eating <once/week or <3 months’ duration
 Purging Disorder 29 4.5 Purging in the absence of binge eating
 OSFED Other 52 8 Disorders not meeting criteria for other diagnoses