Please Circle a Response for Each of the Following Statements:
| Question |
Always |
Usually |
Often |
Sometimes |
Rarely |
Never |
| 1. Am terrified about being overweight |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2. Avoid eating when I am hungry. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 3. Find myself preoccupied with food. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 4. Have gone on eating binges where I feel I may not be able to stop. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 5. Cut my food into small pieces. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 6. Aware of the calorie content of foods I eat. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 7. Particularly avoid food with a high carbohydrate content (bread, rice, potatoes, etc.) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 8. Feel that others would prefer if I ate more. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 9. Vomit after I have eaten. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 10. Feel extremely guilty after eating |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 11. Am preoccupied with a desire to be thinner. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 12. Think about burning up calories when I exercise. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 13. Other people think I'm too thin. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 14. Am preoccupied with the thought of having fat on my body. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 15. Take longer than others to eat my meals. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 16. Avoid foods with sugar in them. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 17. Eat diet foods. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 18. Feel that food controls my life. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 19. Display self-control around food. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 20. Feel that other pressure me to eat. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 21. Give too much time and thought to food. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 22. Feel uncomfortable after eating sweets. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 23. Engage in dieting behavior. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 24. Like my stomach to be empty. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 25. Have the impulse to vomit after meals. |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 26. Enjoy trying new rich foods. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Please respond to each of the following questions:
Scoring System for the EAT-26
Responses for each item (# 1-26) are weighted from zero to three, with a score of 3 assigned to the responses farthest in the “symptomatic” direction , a score of 2 for the immediately adjacent response, a score of 1 for the next adjacent response and a 0 score assigned to the three responses farthest in the “asymptomatic” direction.
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Total Score: Add the values circled for questions 1-26 above:
Items are assigned to three subscales as follows: |
EAT Score TOTAL_________ |
Dieting subscale items: 1, 6, 7, 10, 11,12,14,16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25
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Subscale Score: _______ |
Bulimia and Food Preoccupation subscale items: 3, 4, 9, 18, 21, 26
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Subscale Score: _______ |
Oral control subscale items: 2, 5, 8, 13, 15, 19, 20
To determine subscale scores, add together all item scores for that particular subscale.
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Subscale Score: _______ |
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