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Eating Disorder Resources
- There are no shortage of resources for folks who have eating disorders.
- You can find some information about eating disorder prevalence, demographics, and pathology on the NRFi Research page and in the publications hyperlinked on the Publications page.
- For more information, check out the NourishED Blog and the NourishED YouTube Channel.
- Want more engagement? Register for the NourishED Research Summit Sept 13-14 (Professional Development Supplement Sept 11-12) or register for one of our Mindfulness Skills Courses.
- You can also find an abundance of free resources on Dr. Bray's website (www.brennabray.com).
Screening Tools with Empirical Validation and Support
Curious If You or Someone You Know Has An Eating Disorder?
Do you feel your experiences, thoughts, beliefs, behaviors, and/or relationship with food(s) and/or eating may be different from those around you? If so, you are not alone!
Current research suggests that as many as 31% of individuals in the U.S. experience binge eating disorder at some point in their life and as many as 95% of individuals with binge eating disorder do not know they have an eating disorder and never receive a formal diagnosis or treatment.
Below are screening tools that you can use to better understand your relationship with food and eating. These tools are used in research and have empirical and often clinical support.
Free Eating Disorder Screening Tools with Empirical Support
Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire
Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire
Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire
- Self-report questionnaire measures frequency of thoughts and behaviors associated with eating disorder pathology and diagnoses over the past month (Mond et al, 2004).
- Validated in male- and female sex/gender orientations.
- Reliable distinction between eating disorder pathologies (Mond et al, 2004).
- Appropriate for use in adolescents and adults in primary care settings as a screener for eating disorders.
- The EDE-Q can be found online here and here.
- Information for scoring can be found here.
Binge Eating Scale (BES)
Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire
Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire
- 16-item questionnaire detects behaviors, thoughts, and emotional states indicative of eating disorders.
- Well-validated; identifies mild, moderate, and severe binge eating behavior and pathology (Gormally 1982; Duarte 2015).
- Reliably distinguishes obesity from binge eating severity (Gormally, 1982).
- Finds individuals with severe binge eating often set up "unrealistically strict" diets and report low expectations about their ability to sustain a diet (G. 1982; Duarte, 2015).
- Scale & Scoring Resources here.
The Eating Beliefs Questionnaire (EBQ)
Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire
The Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0)
- 18- & 32-item questionnaires that assess eating beliefs aligned with eating disorder pathology and diagnoses.
- Well-validated to measure negative, positive, and permissive beliefs about disordered eating.
- (E.g., negative beliefs about loss of control; positive beliefs about perceived benefits, and beliefs that permit disordered eating) (e.g., Cooper, 2017; Burton & Abbott, 2018).
- Access the 32-item EBQ here (download here)(Cooper, 2017).
- Access the 18-item EBQ here (download here)(Burton & Abbott, 2018).
The Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0)
The Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0)
The Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0)
- 25-item scale that translates the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for substance dependence in a way that can assess signs of addictive-like eating behavior associated with consuming highly processed and/or calorie-dense foods (Gearhardt, Corbin, & Brownell, 2009; Food and Addiction Science & Treatment Lab,2024).
- Well-validated for use in both adults and children in a variety of different languages in clinical & non-clinical samples.
- Finds “food addiction” correlates highly with elevated BMI, binge eating, and weight cycling, suggesting these three variables may be linked to underlying processes of food or eating addiction in some cases.
What is "Food Addiction"?
The Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0)
What is "Food Addiction"?
- "Food addiction” is not a DSM-5 mental health diagnosis; however, it IS a well-validated research construct and psycho-behavioral state.
- Both humans and rodents can display the same patterns of food/eating-seeking and engagement as those observed in substance-related and addictive disorders.
- The same changes that occur in the brain during substance-related and adictive disorders are observed in: (a) many cases of eating disorders and (b) individuals who qualify as having food/eating addiction.
- This is especially true for binge-type eating patterns and consumption of foods that are highly processed, highly palatable, &/or high in sugar, sodium, or fat content.
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