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culturally sanctioned practice;
              2.            The eating disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa, and there is no evidence of a disturbance in the way in which one's body weight or shape is experienced; and
              3.           The eating disturbance is not attributable to a concurrent medical condition or not better explained by another mental disorder. When the eating disturbance occurs in the context of another condition or disorder, the severity of the eating disturbance exceeds that routinely associated with the condition or disorder and warrants additional clinical attention.

         other specified feeding or eating disorder means a category of disorder of mental health applying to (derived from DSM-5-TR):
 1.            Presentations in which symptoms characteristic of a feeding and eating disorder that cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning predominate, but do not meet the full criteria for any of the disorders in the feeding and eating disorders diagnostic class; and

              1.            includes:
                      1.              atypical anorexia nervosa;
                      2.           bulimia nervosa (of low frequency and/or limited duration);
                      3.         binge-eating disorder (of low frequency and/or limited duration);
                      4.          purging disorder; and
                      5.            night eating syndrome.

         atypical anorexia nervosa means a disorder of mental health meeting the following diagnostic criteria (derived from DSM-5-TR):
 1.           All of the criteria for anorexia nervosa are met, except that despite significant weight loss, the individual's weight is within or above the normal range; and

              1.            Individuals with atypical anorexia nervosa may experience many of the physiological complications associated with anorexia nervosa.
         bulimia nervosa (of low frequency and/or limited duration) means a disorder of mental health meeting the following diagnostic criteria (derived from DSM-5-TR):
 1.           All of the criteria for bulimia nervosa are met, except that the binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behaviours occur, on average, less than once a week and/or for less than 3 months.
         binge-eating disorder (of low frequency and/or limited duration) means a disorder of mental health meeting the following diagnostic criteria (derived from DSM-5-TR):
 1.           All of the criteria for binge-eating disorder are met, except that the binge eating occurs, on average, less than once a week and/or for less than 3 months.
         purging disorder means a disorder of mental health meeting the following diagnostic criteria (derived from DSM-5-TR):
 1.           Recurrent purging behaviour to influence weight or shape (e.g., self-induced vomiting; misuse of laxatives, diuretics, or other medications) in the absence of binge eating.

         night eating syndrome means a disorder of mental health meeting the following diagnostic criteria (derived from DSM-5-TR):
 1.           Recurrent episodes of night eating, as manifested by eating after awakening from sleep or by excessive food consumption after the evening meal;

              1.            There is awareness and recall of