Introduction
EAT-26 explores eating attitudes, concerns about weight and patterns around food. This page includes the 26 attitude items followed by six additional questions about behaviours and treatment history, making 32 responses in total.
The additional questions ask about experiences that a broad attitude score alone may not describe, such as episodes of overeating or efforts to control weight. Distinguishing beliefs, actions and physical changes helps make a discussion about eating more concrete.
The Binge Eating Scale concentrates more closely on loss of control and feelings around eating episodes. Choose the form by the concern you want to describe. Body size alone does not capture a person's eating experiences or their impact on daily life.
Instructions
Please fill out the form below as accurately, honestly and completely as possible. There are no right or wrong answers.
Scoring and result metrics
The result page reports a local screening score for this questionnaire. Use the score range, any subscale scores, and the interpretation band together rather than treating one number as a diagnosis.
- Score range
- 0-84
- Items scored
- 32
- Result indicators
- Total score / Interpretation band when available
Score interpretation bands
- 0-19Lower range
Scores under 20 are not generally indicative of an eating disorder.
- 20-31Elevated range
Scores of 20 or higher may indicate eating-disorder concerns and can warrant further evaluation.
- 32-84Very severe range
Scores above 31 are indicative of a very severe eating disorder.
Interpretation bands summarize screening thresholds from the questionnaire source material. Higher scores usually indicate more of the measured concern unless the tool notes a different scoring rule.
Tool information
- Version
- 32 questions
- Administration
- Self-report
- Intended audience
- Adolescents and adults aged 16 or above reviewing eating attitudes, dieting concerns, and related behaviors
Sources
- Garner DM, Olmsted MP, Bohr Y, Garfinkel PE. (1982). The eating attitudes test: psychometric features and clinical correlates.
- DM Garner, PE Garfinkel. The Eating Attitudes Test: An Index of the Symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa. 9 Psychological Medicine 273-279 (1979).
- DM Garner, et al. The Eating Attitudes Test: Psychometric Features and Clinical Correlates. 12 Psychological Medicine 871-878 (1982). (Introduced the 26 item version of the EAT.)
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