Eating disorder not otherwise specified an especially prevalent category in populations that have received inadequate research attention such as young children, males, ethnic minorities, and non-Western groups. 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
Hunger (motivational state) person's energy levels fall below a certain threshold, the sensation of hunger is experienced, which is the body's way of motivating the person to eat again. The set-point assumption is a negative feedback mechanism. Two popular set-point theories include the glucostatic set-point theory and the lipostatic set-point theory. The set-point theories of hunger and eating present a number of weaknesses. The positive-incentive perspective is an umbrella term for a set of theories presented as an alternative to the set-point theories of hunger and eating. The central assertion to the positive-incentive perspective is the idea that humans and other animals are