1) When things don't go well with others or on your job, do you eat more than you would like?
Score 1 for never Score 2 for rarely Score 3 for occasionally Score 4 for frequently Score 5 for always
2) Do you overeat when you feel anxious, depressed, angry or lonely?
Score 1 for never Score 2 for rarely Score 3 for occasionally Score 4 for frequently Score 5 for always
3) Do you celebrate feeling good by overeating?
Score 1 for never Score 2 for rarely Score 3 for occasionally Score 4 for frequently Score 5 for always
If you scored: 3 to 8, you don't seem to let emotions affect your eating; 9 to 11, monitor your occasional tendency to eat in response to emotional highs and lows and find alternative activities; 12 to 15, you need to find other ways than eating express your feelings.
Hunger Cues
1) Do you have trouble controlling your eating when your favourite foods are around the house?
Score 1 for never Score 2 for rarely Score 3 for occasionally Score 4 for frequently Score 5 for always
2) When food is mentioned, do you want to eat even if not hungry?
Score 1 for never Score 2 for rarely Score 3 for occasionally Score 4 for frequently Score 5 for always
3) How often do you eat because of physical hunger?
Score 1 for always Score 2 for frequently Score 3 for occasionally Score 4 for rarely Score 5 for never
If you scored: 3 to 6, try to control the attitudes that occasionally make you overeat; 7 to 9, dieting will be easier if you try to resist external cues and eat only when you are physically hungry.
Control Overeating
1) After faithfully following your diet you decide to test yourself by eating a "treat."
Score 1 if you would eat much less Score 2 if you would eat somewhat less Score 3 if it would make no difference Score 4 if you would eat somewhat more Score 5 if you would eat much more
2) Although you planned to skip lunch, you are talked into going out to eat.
Score 1 if you would eat much less Score 2 if you would eat somewhat less Score 3 if it would make no difference Score 4 if you would eat somewhat more Score 5 if you would eat much more
3) You go off your diet by eating a fattening, forbidden food.
Score 1 if you would eat much less Score 2 if you would eat somewhat less Score 3 if it would make no difference Score 4 if you would eat somewhat more Score 5 if you would eat much more
If you scored: 3 to 7, you recover rapidly from mistakes, but should get professional help if you often alternate between strict dieting and eating out of control; 8 to 11, you have a flexible, balanced program that is not disrupted by unplanned eating; 12 to 15, your reaction to problem-causing eating events can be improved.
Bingeing and Purging
1) Have you ever purges to control your weight by using laxatives, diuretics or induced vomiting?
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