tory behavior as in bulimia nervosa and does not occur exclusively during the course
of bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa.
Specify if:
In partial remission:  After full criteria for binge-eating disorder were previously met,
binge eating occurs at an average frequency of less than one episode per week for a
sustained period of time. 
In full remission: After full criteria for binge-eating disorder were previously met, none
of the criteria have been met for a sustained period of time.
Specify current severity:
The minimum level of severity is based on the frequency of episodes of binge eating (see
below). The level of severity may be increased to reflect other symptoms and the degree
of functional disability.
Mild:  1–3 binge-eating episodes per week.
Moderate: 4–7 binge-eating episodes per week.
Severe:  8–13 binge-eating episodes per week.
Extreme:  14 or more binge-eating episodes per week.
Diagnostic Features
The essential feature of binge-eating disorder is recurrent episodes of binge eating that
must occur, on average, at le ast once per week for 3 months (Criterion D). An “episode of
binge eating” is defined as eating, in a discrete pe riod of time, an amount of food that is defi-