The Eating Attitudes Test 40 item
(EAT)
This is a screening measure to help you determine whether you might have an eating disorder that needs professional attention. This screening measure is not designed to make a diagnosis of an eating disorder or take the place of a professional consultation.
Please fill out the form below as accurately, honestly and completely as possible. There are no right or wrong answers.
Please place an (X) under the column which applies best to each of the numbered statements. All of the results will be strictly confidential. Most of the questions directly relate to food or eating, although other types of questions have been included. Answer each question carefully.
Always Very Often Often Sometimes Rarely Never
1.
Like eating with other people
2.
Prepare foods for others but do not eat what
I cook
3.
Become anxious prior to eating
4.
Am terrified about being overweight
5.
Avoid eating when I am hungry
6.
Find myself preoccupied with food
7.
Have gone on eating binges where I feel that I
may not be able to stop
8.
Cut my food into small pieces
9.
Aware of the calorie content of the foods that I
eat
10.
Particularly avoid foods with a high carbohydrate
content (eg. bread, potatoes, rice etc.)
11.
Feel bloated after meals
12.
Feel that others would prefer if I ate more
13.
Vomit after I have eaten
14.
Feel extremely guilty after eating
15.
Am preoccupied with a desire to be thinner
16.
Exercise strenuously to burn off calories
17.
Weigh myself several times a day
18.
Like my clothes to fit tightly
19.
Enjoy eating meat
20.
Wake up early in the morning
21.
Eat the same foods day after day
22.
Think about burning up calories when I exercise
23.
Have regular menstrual periods
24.
Other people think that I am too thin
25.
Am preoccupied with the thought of having fat
on my body
26.
Take longer than others to eat my meals
27.
Enjoy eating at restaurants
28.
Take laxatives
29.
Avoid foods with sugar in them
30.
Eat diet foods
31.
Feel that food controls my life
32.
Display self control around food
33.
Feel that others pressure me to eat
34.
Give too much time and thought to food
35.
Suffer from constipation
36.
Feel uncomfortable after eating sweets
37.
Engage in dieting behaviour
38.
Like my stomach to be empty
39.
Enjoy trying new rich foods
40.
Have the impulse to vomit after meals