Eating disorder quiz

Scoring: Add up your answers to all the questions to earn a total score. A total score can range from 0 to 80. The higher your total score, the more likely it is that you may be experiencing difficulties with eating behaviors. This quiz is not intended to be a diagnostic tool. If you believe you may suffer from an difficulties wirh eating  or a body image disorder, please seek an evaluation by a trained mental health professional. 

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS USING THE SCALE:

·  0 = strongly disagree or Not applicable

·  1 = disagree

·  2 = neutral

·  3 = agree

·  4 = strongly agree

1. I often deliberately try to limit the variety of food I eat even though I am satisfied with

my body image.

2. I have gone for long periods of time without eating to reduce my weight and change

my shape.

3. I think about food a lot of the time, looking at recipes, watching cooking channels etc.

4. Thinking about my weight or shape has made it hard to concentrate on things.

5. I eat a large quantity of food (more than an average person would eat in one meal or

one sitting) and then need to purge/vomit.

6. I have used laxatives to control my weight or shape.

7. I can't stop eating.

8.I have exercised in a driven or excessive way to try to control my weight or shape.

9.   I eat a lot of food in secret and then feel embarrassed, shamelful, or extremely full but can't control it.

10.  I eat non-food items like dirt, paper, paint, ice and can not help myself.

11. My weight or shape has influenced how I think about myself.

12.  I am dissatisfied with my weight or shape.

13. My weight and shape is the most important part of my identity.

14. I dislike most of the foods others eat; many food disgust me.

15.I am not very interested in eating and seem to have a smaller appetite than others .

16.I have to strongly encourage myself to eat meals throughout the day or to eat a large

enough amount of food.

17. I avoid or put off eating because I am afraid of choking, or vomiting, or my stomach

hurting.

18. I tend to eat certain foods because I worry other foods will cause choking, vomiting,

or upset my stomach.

19. I crave or eat substances that are not typically considered food or do not have

nutritional value

20. I am obsessed with caloric intake and count calories all day long.