Eating disorder not otherwise specified Eating disorder not otherwise specified Eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS) is an eating disorder that is no longer recognized in the most recent version of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (DSM). In 2013, it was replaced by other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED) in DSM-5. Eating disorder not otherwise specified is an eating disorder that does not meet the criteria for: anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. Individuals with EDNOS usually fall into one of three groups: sub-threshold symptoms of anorexia or bulimia, mixed features of both disorders, or extremely atypical eating behaviors that are not
Hunger (motivational state) after eating. Hunger is also the most commonly used term to describe the condition of people who suffer from a chronic lack of sufficient food and constantly or frequently experience the sensation of hunger, and is discussed in malnutrition. When hunger contractions start to occur in the stomach, they are informally referred to as hunger pangs. Hunger pangs usually do not begin until 12 to 24 hours after the last ingestion of food. A single hunger contraction lasts about 30 seconds, and pangs continue for around 30 to 45 minutes, then hunger subsides for around 30 to 150 minutes. Individual