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Food Acceptance and Awareness Questionnaire (FAAQ)

Food Acceptance and Awareness Questionnaire (FAAQ) Test

Understand how you relate to food urges and mindful eating in 2 minutes. Ten quick items help track progress and pinpoint growth areas in therapy or self-care.

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How the Scales are Structured

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19/28

Acceptance (A)

Measures how openly a person allows food-related urges, emotions, and bodily sensations to be present without trying to suppress, control, or avoid them.

Low acceptance

Moderate acceptance

High acceptance

4 – 12: Low acceptance | 13 – 20: Moderate acceptance | 21 – 28: High acceptance

A score of 19 indicates moderate acceptance, suggesting you can often notice and allow food-related urges and emotions without immediately trying to resist or escape them, though this may vary by situation.

example score

26/42

Commitment (C)

Measures how well a person can pursue value-driven, goal-oriented eating and weight-management behaviors despite anxious thoughts or feelings.

Low aspiration

Moderate aspiration

High aspiration

6 – 17: Low aspiration | 18 – 30: Moderate aspiration | 31 – 42: High aspiration

A score of 26 indicates a moderate ability to stay oriented to healthy, goal-directed eating choices even when anxious thoughts or feelings are present.

example score

43/70

Food Acceptance and Awareness (FAaA)

Measures how mindfully and non-judgmentally a person notices, accepts, and responds to urges and experiences related to eating.

Low acceptance & awareness

Moderate acceptance & awareness

High acceptance & awareness

10 – 33: Low acceptance & awareness | 34 – 51: Moderate acceptance & awareness | 52 – 70: High acceptance & awareness

A score of 43 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a balanced but still developing ability to notice eating-related urges and act with mindful awareness rather than avoidance or automaticity.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Emotional eating strugglers

41%OF USERS

People who eat in response to stress, sadness, boredom, or anxiety use it to see how well they notice cravings and cope without judgment.

Eating disorder recovery clients

34%OF USERS

Individuals in treatment or recovery take it to track progress in accepting urges and staying mindful during meals and snacks.

Mindful eating learners

25%OF USERS

People trying to build healthier habits take it to understand how aware they are of hunger, fullness, and “forbidden food” impulses.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Below is a preview of the benchmarks we use to place your score in context.

Acceptance (A)

Average

19.4

Normal range

15.3 — 23.5

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Aspiration (A)

Average

16.3

Normal range

11 — 21.7

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Scale of Acceptance and Awareness of Eating (SoAaAoE)

Average

36.1

Normal range

27 — 45.2

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Frequently Asked Questions

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures acceptance of food-related urges and feelings and mindfulness in eating choices and actions. It focuses on responses to hunger, cravings, and emotional discomfort linked to eating.

How long does it take to complete?

Completion typically takes about 2 minutes. It includes 10 items.

How should items be answered?

Answer based on typical behavior over recent weeks rather than a single day. Select the response that best matches usual patterns, not ideal goals.

Is it a diagnostic tool?

No, results do not provide a diagnosis. They are used to describe patterns related to urges, acceptance, and mindful eating.

How are results used in care or monitoring?

Scores can help track changes over time in acceptance of urges and mindful awareness during eating. They may support treatment planning and progress monitoring when used with other clinical information.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Food Acceptance and Awareness Questionnaire (FAAQ) Test

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This measure is designed to assess how individuals relate to internal experiences connected to eating and appetite. The Food Acceptance and Awareness Questionnaire (FAAQ) provides a brief self-report snapshot of acceptance of food-related urges and mindful awareness of eating-related choices.

Items ask respondents to rate how they respond to hunger, cravings, and emotionally driven urges to eat, including the degree to which they can notice these experiences without excessive avoidance or self-judgment. The instrument includes 10 items and typically takes about 2 minutes to complete.

In clinical and research settings, the Food Acceptance and Awareness Questionnaire (FAAQ) may be used to characterize eating-related acceptance/awareness processes and to monitor change over time, such as during interventions targeting problematic eating patterns. It was developed by Juarascio, A.

Author: Juarascio, A.

Literature: Juarascio, A., Forman, E., Timko, C. A., Butryn, M., & Goodwin, C. The development and validation of the food craving acceptance and action questionnaire. Eating Behaviors. 2011.

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