the prevalence, intensity of dsm-v feeding and eating disorders and its sub-thresholds among women

introduction : eating disorders are serious psychiatric illness, defined by abnormal eating behaviors, shape and weight regulation difficulties and weight over concern.  objectives: this study sought to explore the prevalence and intensity of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating and their sub-thresholds in women who referred to wellness and fitness centers. materials and methods: 946 women with a mean age of 24.64 were selected via simple random sampling. all participants were asked to complete eating disorder diagnostic scale (edds) and their body mass index (bmi) was calculated. . analyzing data was done using descriptive statistics; chi-square test, and multivariate analysis of variance. results: the prevalence rate of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating in whole sample is 6.02%, 4.01% and 13.0% respectively. discussion: dsm-5-defined eating disorders and its sub thresholds are common in women, binge eating with 16% prevalence rate is more common than other disorders. further studies with assessing dsm-5 eating disorders in clinical and non-clinical population are greatly needed.