Eating Attitudes Test: Do I Have an Eating Disorder?
The Eating Attitudes Test aims to answer the question, "do I have an eating disorder?". Eating disorders are serious and potentially life-threatening mental illnesses. By honestly answering the questions on the Eating Attitudes Test, you can find out if you should be professionally screened for an eating disorder. (More about the Eating Attitudes Test). If you are looking for a shorter evaluation tool, take the eating disorders quiz.
Eating Attitudes Test: About You
1. Have you gone on eating binges where you feel that you may not be able to stop?
(Eating much more than most people would eat under the circumstances)
No Yes If yes, on average, how many times per month in the last 6 months?
2. Have you ever made yourself sick (vomited) to control your weight or shape?
No Yes If yes, on average, how many times per month in the last 6 months?
3. Have you ever used laxatives, diet pills or diuretics (water pills) to control your weight or shape?
No Yes If yes, on average, how many times per month in the last 6 months?
4. Have you ever been treated for an eating disorder? No Yes If yes, when?
5. Have you recently thought of or attempted suicide? No Yes If yes, when?
SCORING THE EATING ATTITUDES TEST: Answering "Do I Have an Eating Disorder?
To score the Eating Attitudes Test follow this guide:
For all items except #25 on the Eating Attitudes Test, each of the responses receives the following value:
- Always = 3
- Usually = 2
- Often = 1
- Sometimes = 0
- Rarely = 0
- Never = 0
For item #25, the responses receive these values:
- Always = 0
- Usually = 0
- Often = 0
- Sometimes = 1
- Rarely = 2
- Never = 3
After scoring each item on the Eating Attitudes Test, add the scores for a total that will help answer the question, "do I have an eating disorder?" If your score on the Eating Attitudes Test is over 20, we recommend you discuss your responses to the Eating Attitudes Test with a counselor or your doctor (print and take the Eating Attitudes Test and your responses with you to your first appointment).
If you responded yes to any of the five YES/NO items on the bottom of the Eating Attitudes Test, we also suggest that you discuss your responses with a counselor or your doctor.
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APA Reference
Tracy, N.
(2022, January 4). Eating Attitudes Test: Do I Have an Eating Disorder?, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
on 2024, November 17 from https://www.healthyplace.com/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-overview/eating-attitudes-test-do-i-have-an-eating-disorder
