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Criteria Guide

Anorexia Nervosa DSM Criteria Guide

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Criterion A

  • Restriction of energy intake leads to significantly low body weight in the context of age, sex, developmental trajectory, and physical health.

Criterion B

  • There is intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, or persistent behavior that interferes with weight gain.

Criterion C

  • There is disturbance in body-weight or shape experience, undue influence of body weight or shape on self-evaluation, or persistent lack of recognition of the seriousness of low body weight.

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