“…For example, in several studies 2625% of pathological dieters had progressed to a partial or full syndrome ED within 1 to 2 years after the initial evaluation (King, 1989(King, , 1991Patton et al, 1990;Schleimer, 1984). In other studies, a progression to full syndrome EDs was reported in 14% (Kmg, 1991), 33% (Yager et al, 1987), 37.5% (Striegel- Moore et al, 1989), and 46% (Herzog et al, 1993) of those who had originally been classified as having partial syndrome EDs.…”