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EDNOS  

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  • Individuals with clinically significant eating disorders who do not meet the full diagnostic criteria for either anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa are currently diagnosed with Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS). Individuals with EDNOS may exhibit partial syndromes of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, show mixed features of both disorders, or have extremely atypical eating behaviors that are not captured by either disorder. [Source: Encyclopedia of Obesity; EDNOS]

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