Test for Binge Eating Disorder

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Do you eat large amounts of food in a relatively short period of time whilst feeling out of control and unable to stop even if you are uncomfortably full?

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Please indicate which statement in each group best describes how you feel.

I don’t feel
self-conscious about
my weight
or body size
when I’m with others.

I feel concerned
about how I look
to others, but
it normally does not
make me
feel disappointed
with myself.

I do get self-conscious
about my appearance
and weight which
makes me feel
disappointed
in myself.

I feel very self-conscious
about my weight
and, frequently,
I feel intense shame
and disgust for myself.
I try to avoid
social contacts
because of my
self-consciousness.

I don’t have any
difficulty eating slowly
in the proper manner.

Although I seem to
“gobble down” foods,
I don’t end up
feeling stuffed
because of eating
too much.

At times, I tend to
eat quickly and then,
I feel uncomfortably
full afterwards.

I have the habit of
bolting down my food,
without really chewing it.
When this happens
I usually feel
uncomfortably stuffed
because I’ve eaten
too much.

I feel capable
to control
my eating urges
when I want to.

I feel like I have
failed to control
my eating more than
the average person.

I feel utterly helpless
when it comes to
feeling in control
of my eating urges.

Because I feel
so helpless about
controlling my eating
I have become very
desperate about trying
to get in control.

I don’t have
the habit of eating
when I’m bored.

I sometimes eat
when I’m bored,
but often I’m able to
“get busy” and get
my mind off food.

I have a regular habit
of eating when I’m bored,
but occasionally, I can
use some other activity
to get my mind off eating.

I have a strong habit
of eating when I’m bored.
Nothing seems to
help me break the habit.

I’m usually
physically hungry
when I
eat something.

Occasionally,
I eat something
on impulse
even though
I really am
not hungry.

I have the
regular habit
of eating foods,
that I might not
really enjoy, to
satisfy a hungry
feeling even though
physically, I don’t
need the food.

Although I’m not physically hungry,
I get a hungry feeling in my mouth
that only seems to be satisfied
when I eat a food, like
a sandwich, that fills my mouth.
Sometimes, when I eat the food
to satisfy my mouth hunger,
I then spit the food out
so I won’t gain weight.

I don’t feel any guilt
or self-hate after I overeat.

After I overeat,
occasionally I feel guilt
or self-hate.

Almost all the time
I experience strong guilt
or self-hate after I overeat.

I don’t lose
total control
of my eating
when dieting even
after periods
when I overeat.

Sometimes when I eat
a “forbidden food”
on a diet, I feel
like I “blew it” and
eat even more.

Frequently, I have the
habit of saying to myself,
“I’ve blown it now,
why not go all the way”
when I overeat on a diet.
When that happens
I eat even more.

I have a regular habit
of starting strict diets
for myself, but I break
the diets by going on
an eating binge.
My life seems to be
either a “feast”
or “famine.”

I rarely eat so much
food that I feel
uncomfortably stuffed
afterwards.

Usually about
once a month,
I eat such a
quantity of food,
I end up feeling
very stuffed.

I have regular periods
during the month
when I eat large
amounts of food,
either at mealtime
or at snacks.

I eat so much food
that I regularly feel
quite uncomfortable
after eating and
sometimes
a bit nauseous.

My level of
calorie intake
does not go up
very high or
go down very low
on a regular basis.

Sometimes after I
overeat, I will try
to reduce
my caloric intake to
almost nothing to
compensate for the
excess calories
I’ve eaten.

I have a regular habit
of overeating during
the night. It seems
that my routine
is not to be hungry
in the morning
but overeat
in the evening.

In my adult years,
I have had week-long
periods where I practically
starve myself. This
follows periods when I
overeat. It seems I live
a life of either “feast
or famine.”

10.

I usually am able
to stop eating
when I want to.
I know when
“enough is enough.”

Every so often,
I experience a
compulsion to eat
which I can’t
seem to control.

Frequently, I experience
strong urges to eat
which I seem unable
to control, but at
other times I can control
my eating urges.

I feel incapable
of controlling urges
to eat. I have a fear
of not being able to stop
eating voluntarily.

11.

I don’t have
any problem
stopping eating
when I feel full.

I usually can stop
eating when I feel full
but occasionally overeat
leaving me feeling
uncomfortably stuffed.

I have a problem
stopping eating
once I start and
usually I feel
uncomfortably stuffed
after I eat a meal.

Because I have a
problem not being able
to stop eating when
I want, I sometimes
have to induce vomiting
to relieve my
stuffed feeling.

12.

I seem to eat just
as much when I’m
with others (family,
social gatherings)
as when
I’m by myself.

Sometimes, when I’m
with other persons,
I don’t eat as much
as I want to eat
because I’m
self-conscious
about my eating.

Frequently, I eat only
a small amount of food
when others are present,
because I’m very
embarrassed about
my eating.

I feel so ashamed
about overeating that
I pick times to overeat
when I know no one
will see me. I feel
like a “closet eater.”

13.

I eat three meals a day
with only an occasional
between meal snack.

I eat 3 meals a day,
but I also normally
snack between meals.

When I am
snacking heavily,
I get in the habit
of skipping
regular meals.

There are regular
periods when I seem
to be continually eating,
with no planned meals.

14.

I don’t think much
about trying to control
unwanted eating urges.

At least some
of the time,
I feel my thoughts
are pre-occupied
with trying to
control my
eating urges.

I feel that frequently
I spend much time
thinking about
how much I ate
or about trying not
to eat anymore.

It seems to me that
most of my
waking hours are
pre-occupied by
thoughts about eating
or not eating. I feel
like I’m constantly
struggling not to eat.

15.

I don’t think about
food a great deal.

I have strong cravings
for food but they last
only for brief periods
of time.

I have days when I
can’t seem to think
about anything else
but food.

Most of my days seem
to be pre-occupied with
thoughts about food.
I feel like I live to eat.

16.

I usually know
whether or not
I’m physically hungry.
I take the right portion
of food to satisfy me.

Occasionally, I feel uncertain
about knowing whether or not
I’m physically hungry.
At these times it’s hard to know
how much food I should take
to satisfy me.

Even though I might know
how many calories I should eat,
I don’t have any idea
what is a “normal” amount
of food for me.

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References: J Gormally, S Black, S Daston, D Rardin. The assessment of binge eating severity among obese persons. 7(1): Addict Behav 47-55 (1982).

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