Eating disorder dieting. The number of friends dieting and the number of friends who pressured them to diet also played a significant role in their own choices. Elite athletes have a significantly higher rate in eating disorders. Female athletes in sports such as gymnastics, ballet, diving, etc. are found to be at the highest risk among all athletes. Women are more likely than men to acquire an eating disorder between the ages of 13–30. 0–15% of those with bulimia and anorexia are men. There is a cultural emphasis on thinness which is especially pervasive in western society. A child's perception of external
Other specified feeding or eating disorder in the literature, as it was perceived to be uncommon compared to the other defined eating disorders. In "DSM-III-R", published in 1987, the Atypical Eating Disorder category became known as Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (EDNOS). "DSM-III-R" included examples of individuals who would meet criteria for EDNOS, in part to acknowledge the increasingly recognized heterogeneity of individuals within the diagnostic category. In 1994, "DSM-IV" was published and expanded EDNOS to include six clinical presentations. These presentations included individuals who: A disadvantage of "DSM-IV"'s broad EDNOS category was that people with very different symptoms were still classified as having the same