Honestly answer these statments, yes or no.

1. I often feel fat though friends keep telling me I’m thin.

2. The first thing I think about when I wake up in the morning is food.

3. I have dieted to an abnormally low weight because that makes me feel like I’m in control.

4. I haven’t had a menstrual period for at least the past three months.

5. I often eat when I’m not hungry.

6. My greatest fear is that I will gain weight and become fat.

7. I can’t go through a day without worrying about what I can or cannot eat.

8. I have had an out-of-control eating binge at least once during the past year.

9. I often eat until I’m uncomfortably full.

10. I have done one of the following after a binge: self-induced vomiting, used laxatives, enemas, colonics or diuretics, fasted, exercised excessively to “purge”.

11. If I got on the scale tomorrow and found that I’d gained two pounds, I’d be very upset.

12. If I can’t exercise to compensate for food I’ve eaten, I panic.

13. I push food around my plate so that it looks like I’m eating more than I really am.

14. Often I eat to make myself feel better emotionally, but then I feel guilty about it.

15. I prefer to eat little in public, then I binge secretly in private.

16. I think and talk a lot about food, recipes, weight, diets, restaurants and other topics related to food.

17. People always seem to be bothering me about what I’m eating or not eating, which makes me angry.

18. I don’t believe I will find happiness until I am thin.

19. It’s important to me to be thinner than my friends are.

If you answered yes to five or more, you are probably struggling with an eating disorder.