Fig. 1.

The trajectories of eating disorders over 30 years. The eating disorder diagnoses at each of the five assessments for all 51 individuals in the anorexia nervosa group is shown. The numbers before the abbreviations in the boxes correspond to the number of individuals with the condition. The column to the left shows the number of the study and, within brackets, the mean age of the anorexia nervosa group at the time of the study. From study 1 to study 4 the eating disorder diagnoses were assigned according to the DSM-IV; the DSM-5 criteria were applied at study 5. AN, anorexia nervosa; BE, binge-eating disorder; BN, bulimia nervosa; DO, dropped out; ED, eating disorder not otherwise specified (other specified feeding or eating disorder according to the DSM-5); NO, no eating disorder.