Types
• Restricting type: during the current episode of anorexia
nervosa, the person has not regularly engaged in binge
eating or purging behaviour (self induced vomiting,
misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas)
• Binge eating/purging type: during the current episode
of anorexia nervosa, the person has regularly engaged
in binge eating or purging behaviour (ie. self induced
vomiting or the misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or enemas)