Adapted from "Are you at peace with food?"
by Katy Kram.
Brant/Johll/Nolan 2001
1. Do you experience periods in which you eat
uncontrollably?
2. Do you have cycles of binging and serious dieting?
3. Do you have a lot of guilt about your lack of control in eating?
4. Do you feel as though you are always thinking about your battle with
food?
5. Do you feel desperate about your eating?
6. Do you find yourself eating all day long even though you are not
physically hungry?
7. Do you eat sensibly with others, but not when alone?
8. Do you stop eating becasue you think you should?
9. Do you eat to escape from worries or troubles?
10. Do yo give yourself permission to eat sometimes because you are
happy, sad, or bored or just becasue it feels good?
11. Do you intentionally restrict your food intake over intense fear of
gaining weight or becoming fat?
12. Do you purge as a method of weight control? (Purging includes
vomiting, laxatives, fasting, excessive exercise, diet pills, and
enemas.)
13. Do you trust your body to make up for your mistakes in eating?
14. Do yo feel stress when you think about food?
15. Do you feel embarrassed when eating?
16. Do you judge yourself as being "good" or "bad" in reference to
eating behavior?
If you have answered yes to3 or more items or answered yes to item number 12, you may have some concerns around eating that would warrant talking to a counselor. Give us a call (2180), we'll talk to you over the phone or you can make an appointment.
Disclaimer: The Attitudes about Eating questionnaire is not a test to predict or diagnose eating disorders.
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