The Emotional Eating Quiz & Poll
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After you answer all the questions, you will receive:

  • An interpretation of your results describing your own emotional eating patterns
  • Counts of how others answered the questions, broken down by sex.

0. To begin, please say whether you are male or female:
Female     Male


Instructions

Please say whether the following statements are mostly true for you, or mostly false. If you're not sure, choose the option that's closest to how you feel. Please do not skip any questions.

Emotional Eating

1. I tend to graze all day long, rarely allowing myself to get hungry.
True    False

2. Sometimes when I'm alone, I eat in ways I wouldn't want anyone else to see.
True    False

3. I feel guilty when I eat foods thought of as "fattening" - I don't feel I have the right.
True    False

4. I feel like there are two of me - I'm constantly arguing with myself about food.
True    False

5. I sometimes eat so far past full that it hurts, and I can't stop myself.
True    False

6. I eat for reasons other than hunger (e.g. anxiety, anger, loneliness, boredom).
True    False

7. I've been on a million diets. If I lose weight, I gain it back.
True    False

Desperation To Be Slim

8. I have vomited, starved myself, or exercised excessively to lose weight
True    False

9. I think constantly about food - what I just ate, what I'm about to eat.
True    False

10. I spend a lot of time planning my next diet or weight loss strategy.
True    False

11. If I weigh myself and see I've gained a pound or two, it ruins my day.
True    False

12. I weigh myself frequently - usually once a day or more.
True    False

13. I think that if I only could lose weight, I'd be happy in my life.
True    False

14. If I could have one wish, it would be to lose weight and be slim.
True    False

Negative Self-Image

15. Being fat makes me feel safely invisible - no one expects anything of me.
True    False

16. Being fat makes me feel less vulnerable, harder to push around.
True    False

17. I blame many of the problems and failures in my life on my weight.
True    False

18. I put off dreams and goals for the day when I finally lose weight.
True    False

19. I have turned down invitations because I'm embarrassed about how I look.
True    False

20. I feel disgusting and unlovable because of my weight.
True    False

21. I'd feel pressure to perform and live up to higher standards if I were slim.
True    False

Lack of Self-Care

22. I feel like I should be able to solve my weight problem without help.
True    False

23. It makes me feel selfish and uncomfortable to ask for what I need.
True    False

24. I will attempt to meet the needs of others, even at my own expense.
True    False

25. When people are rude or put me down, I don't stand up for myself.
True    False

26. I don't bother much with clothes or grooming because of my weight.
True    False

27. Sometimes when I feel bad, and I have no idea what's bothering me.
True    False

28. I have health problems related to my weight.
True    False

Sexual Discomfort

29. I'm uncomfortable being touched.
True    False

30. I have been a victim of physical or sexual abuse.
True    False

31. I feel ashamed to be seen naked or in a swim suit.
True    False

32. I like my body, and feel sexy and attractive.
True    False

33. My weight makes me feel nonsexual - not masculine or feminine.
True    False

34. I have an active and satisfying sex life.
True    False

35. I'm afraid I'd be promiscuous if I were slim.
True    False