Show what you know by answering true or false to the following. Answer ''false'' if neither applies or if you're not sure. Your score will be calculated on the next page.
Your first question is below.
I have said or thought, "I would rather die than be fat."
True
False
Even though people tell me I'm thin, I feel fat.
True
False
I worry about what I will eat.
True
False
Other people talk about the way I eat.
True
False
I don't talk much about my fear of being fat because no one understands how I feel.
True
False
I enjoy cooking for others, but I usually don't eat what I've cooked.
True
False
I have a secret stash of food.
True
False
I don't like to be bothered or interrupted when I'm eating.
True
False
If I were thinner, I would like myself better.
True
False
I have missed work or school because of my weight or eating habits.
True
False
I tend to be depressed and irritable
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False
I feel guilty when I eat.
True
False
I avoid some people because they bug me about the way I eat.
True
False
When I eat, I feel bloated and fat.
True
False
My eating habits and fear of food interfere with friendships or romantic relationships.
True
False
I do strange things with my food (cut it into tiny pieces, eat it in special ways, eat it on special dishes with special utensils, make patterns on my plate with it, secretly throw it away, give it to the dog, hide it, spit it out before I swallow, etc.)
True
False
I get anxious when people watch me eat.
True
False
I am hardly ever satisfied with myself.
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False
I vomit or take laxatives to control my weight.
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False
I have stolen food, laxatives, or diet pills from stores or from other people.
True
False
I have fasted to lose weight.
True
False
In romantic moments, I cannot let myself go because I am worried about my fat and flab.
True
False
I lie about what I eat.
True
False
I have noticed one or more of the following: cold hands and feet, dry skin, thinning hair, fragile nails, swollen glands in my neck, dental cavities, dizziness, weakness, fainting, rapid or irregular heartbeat.
True
False
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