For each statement, select the answer that best describes how often the statement is true for you.

Section One
1. I like eating with other people.
2. I like my clothes to fit tightly.
3. I enjoy eating meat.
4. I have regular menstrual periods.
5. I enjoy eating at restaurants.
6. I enjoy trying new rich foods.
 
Section Two
7. I prepare foods for others, but do not eat what I cook.
8. I become anxious prior to eating.
9. I am terrified about being overweight.
10. I avoid eating when I am hungry.
11. I find myself preoccupied with food.
12. I have gone on eating binges where I feel that I may not be able to stop.
13. I cut my food into small pieces.
14. I am aware of the calorie content of foods that I eat.
15. I particularly avoid foods with a high carbohydrate content (bread, potatoes, rice, etc.).
16. I feel bloated after meals.
17. I feel others would prefer me to eat more.
18. I vomit after I have eaten.
19. I feel extremely guilty after eating.
20. I am preoccupied with a desire to be thinner.
21. I exercise strenuously to burn off calories.
22. I weigh myself several times a day.
23. I wake up early in the morning.
24. I eat the same foods day after day.
25. I think about burning up calories when I exercise.
26. Other people think I am too thin.
27. I am preoccupied with the thought of having fat on my body.
28. I take longer than others to eat my meals.
29. I take laxatives.
30. I avoid foods with sugar in them.
31. I eat diet foods.
32. I feel that food controls my life.
33. I display self-control around foods.
34. I feel that others pressure me to eat.
35. I give too much time and thought to food.
36. I suffer from constipation.
37. I feel uncomfortable after eating sweets.
38. I engage in dieting behavior.
39. I like my stomach to be empty.
40. I have the impulse to vomit after meals.
Total:

Compare your score with the table below.
Norms Range (0-120 points)

Eating disorder > 50 points

Borderline eating disorder 30-50 points

Normal* < 30 points

*Average score among those with normal eating habits = 15.4.

SOURCE: Garner, D. M., Omstead, M., Polivy, J., Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Eating Disorder Inventory for Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia. International Journal of Eating Disorders 2:15-33, 1983. Copyright © 1983 John Wiley & Sons. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.