ednos
an acronym for eating disorder not otherwise specified, the term was coined after a definition given in hopsitals and support centers to a person who:
– suffers from all normal symptoms of anorexia nervosa, including weight loss, but may or may not be in a “normal” weight range.
-suffers from all normal symptoms of bulimia nervosa, but binges tend to be relatively small (not exceeding 500 calories), and binging and purging incidents occur on a less than daily basis.
– regularly uses ‘inappropriate compensatory behavior’ after eating small amounts of food (in other words, purging for an extended period of time after eating a very small amount of food)
-regularly chewing and spitting out, but not swallowing, of food.
the term “ednos” is also used to refer to those in recovery from an eating disorder.
some in the “pro-eating disorder” community refer to ednos as ‘bulimexics’, due to the similarities to both anorexia and bulmia.
acronym for “eating disorder not otherwise specified.” the dsm-iv categorizes any eating disorder without a name as “not otherwise specified.” often, people categorized as having ed-nos basically have anorexia or bulimia but cannot be cl-ssified as such because of a technicality.
some examples of people who are ed-nos:
-a person who severely restricts food intake but is not yet underweight by dsm-iv standards
-a female who meets all other criteria for anorexia but continues to have regular menstrual periods.
-a person who regularly binges without engaging in inappropriate compensatory behaviors such as purging (also known as binge eating disorder).
-someone who binges and purges but does not meet the frequency or duration requirements for a diagnosis of bulimia
-someone who regularly purges after eating regular amounts of food, but is not yet “clinically underweight.”
-someone who regularly chews food and spits it out without swallowing, but does not meet the criteria for either bulimia or anorexia.
-any individual who is recovering from or just about to enter one of the “specified” eating disorders.
eating disorder not otherwise specified
“i have ednos.”
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