Containment, control and surveillance: a qualitative inquiry into eating disorders and the COVID-19 pandemic

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Table 1. DSM typical diagnostic behaviors of most commonly recognized EDs (adapted from Hay, 2020.).

ED	Eating	Weight	Binge eating	Purging behaviours
Anorexia nervosa (Anorexia)	Severe restriction	Underweight	May occur	One or more often present
Bulimia nervosa (Bulimia)	Irregular – skipping meals and restriction common	Normal or above normal	Regular, with compensation	Regular as a compensatory behaviour
Binge eating disorder (BED)	Irregular – no extreme restriction	Normal or above normal	Regular, without compensation	Not regular
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)	Severe restriction of all or selected foods	Underweight and/or with nutrition deficiency	N/A	None

Hay, P. (2020). Current approach to eating disorders: A clinical update. Internal Medicine Journal, 50(1), 24–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.14691

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