Anorexia - Questions to ask yourself

Anorexia

Questions to ask yourself about the way you eat

Have you ever wondered whether your feelings about food are healthy? Here are five questions about eating habits that might be helpful. If you answer yes to two or more questions, you may be more concerned about food and eating than is healthy, and you may have an eating disorder.

Source:
Morgan JF, Reid F, Lacey JH.
The SCOFF questionnaire; assessment of a new screening tool for eating disorders.
BMJ. 1999; 319: 1467-1468.

Do you make yourself vomit because you feel uncomfortably full?
Do you worry you've lost control over how much you eat?
Have you recently lost more than 14 pounds in three months?
Do you think that you are fat even when others say you are too thin?
Would you say that food dominates your life?

This questionnaire was developed by St. George's Hospital Medical School in the United Kingdom.

Sources for the information on this page:

Morgan JF, Reid F, Lacey JH.The SCOFF questionnaire; assessment of a new screening tool for eating disorders.BMJ. 1999; 319: 1467-1468.

This information was last updated on Dec 08, 2009

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