Brief Eating Disorder Questionnaire, EDE-QS Test - the question form
Questions: 12 · 3 minutes
1. Have you tried to restrict the amount of food you eat in order to influence your weight or shape (whether or not you succeeded)?
0 days
1–2 days
3–5 days
6–7 days
2. Have you gone for a long period without eating anything (for example, 8 or more waking hours) in order to influence your weight or shape?
0 days
1–2 days
3–5 days
6–7 days
3. Have you been so preoccupied with thoughts about food, eating, or calories that it was difficult to concentrate on things you usually care about (e.g., work, conversation, reading)?
0 days
1–2 days
3–5 days
6–7 days
4. Have you been so preoccupied with thoughts about your weight or shape that it was difficult to concentrate on things you usually focus on (e.g., work, conversation, reading)?
0 days
1–2 days
3–5 days
6–7 days
5. Have you felt a marked fear of gaining weight?
0 days
1–2 days
3–5 days
6–7 days
6. Have you had a strong desire to lose weight?
0 days
1–2 days
3–5 days
6–7 days
7. Have you tried to control your weight or shape by making yourself sick (vomit) or by taking laxatives?
0 days
1–2 days
3–5 days
6–7 days
8. Have you exercised compulsively to control your weight, shape, or “excess fat,” or to burn calories?
0 days
1–2 days
3–5 days
6–7 days
9. Have you felt that you had lost control over your eating (while eating)?
0 days
1–2 days
3–5 days
6–7 days
10. On how many of these days (days when you felt you had lost control over your eating) did you eat an amount that other people would consider an unusually large amount of food in one sitting?
0 days
1–2 days
3–5 days
6–7 days
11. Has your weight or shape influenced how you think about yourself as a person (how you evaluate yourself)?
Not at all
Slightly
Moderately
Significantly
12. How dissatisfied have you been with your weight or shape?
Not at all
Slightly
Moderately
Very much