A Weigh Out Self Test

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How Do These Statements Pertain To You?
1. I feel comfortable with my body the way it is.
2. I find myself preoccupied with food thoughts or diet thoughts.
3. When I eat I feel out-of-control and distressed.
4. I use food (and thinking about food) to avoid uncomfortable feelings (i.e., I eat when I feel lonely, or depressed, or nervous, or bored).
5. I eat at the same pace as most people.
6. I am preoccupied with a desire to be thinner.
7. In an effort to prevent weight gain, I vomit, or I use laxatives, or I exercise excessively, or I fast (no food for one day or more).
8. I have missed work, school or social events because of my weight or eating habits.
9. I sneak food because I am embarrassed about how much (or what) I eat.
10. I have stolen food, laxatives or diet pills from other people or from a store.
11. I feel guilty after I eat.
12. I eat until I am uncomfortably full.
13. If I weigh myself and I see that my weight is up, that can affect my mood all day long.
14. I believe, “If I could just lose weight, I could be happy”.
15. Have you ever been diagnosed by a therapist or a doctor as having an eating disorder, or depression, or anxiety, or an obsessive compulsive disorder, or alcohol or drug addiction?		–Select–NoYes
16. Do you feel like you are currently struggling with an eating disorder, or depression, or anxiety, or an obsessive compulsive disorder, or alcohol or drug addiction?		–Select–NoYes
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