I. Executive Summary. A. Coding System. B. General Considerations -- II. Developing a Treatment Plan for the Individual Patient. A. Choosing a Site of Treatment. B. Psychiatric Management. C. Choice of Specific Treatments for Anorexia Nervosa. D. Choice of Specific Treatments for Bulimia Nervosa -- III. Disease Definition, Epidemiology, and Natural History. A. Clinical Features. B. Natural History and Course. C. Epidemiology -- IV. Treatment Principles and Alternatives. A. Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa. B. Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa -- V. Clinical and Environmental Features Influencing Treatment. A. Other Important Clinical Features of Eating Disorders. B. Other Psychiatric Factors. C. Concurrent General Medical Conditions. D. Demographic Variables -- VI. Research Directions -- VII. Individual and Organizations that Submitted Comments