Table 1.

Key diagnostic features of the main feeding and eating disorders

	Anorexia nervosa	Bulimia nervosa	Binge eating disorder	Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
Eating	Severe restriction	Irregular, skipping meals common as well as restriction	Irregular but no extreme restriction	Severe restriction of all or selected foods
Weight	Underweight	Normal or above normal	Normal or above normal	Underweight and/or with nutrition deficiency
Body image	Overvaluation with or without ‘fear of fatness’	Overvaluation	Overvaluation but not mandatory	No overvaluation
Binge eating	May occur	Regular and with compensation	Regular without compensation	NA
Purging, fasting, driven exercise weight control behaviour(s)	One or more is present	Regular as compensatory behaviours	Not regular	None