The EAT 40 (eating attitude test) is a psych test that sort of gives you a quick analysis of your eating habits. It's meant to test whether or not someone is at risk for an eating disorder.
I thought it would be interesting to see what my scores was, so I took the long version, which has 40 questions.
My score was a 33, which means that I was just barely in the range that qualified me to get the warning to see a health professional. I guess that's good?
Anyway, here's a link if you're interested.
http://eat-26.com/Form/index.php?test_type=eat40
I tried this and I got a "High risk evaluation" thing but everything else said that I was normal.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Camille by the way, and I suffer from Anorexia.
Love your blog. Take care. Xxx
I tried it and got 42. I don't understand how they score it though!
ReplyDeleteI HATE these stupid tests they do. They do one for anxiety and depression too! Its a quick way to see if your important or not and give you a quick label. xx
ReplyDeleteI know you wrote in a post recently about what you would like from parents in terms of support and that reminded me of a therapy approach called the maudsley method. It sounds horrible to me, it puts the parent in control of what the child eats and how much. Like mom would plan a 1800 calorie diet plan, prepare all meals and snacks and make the child eat all of the food. It is designed to be used on patients living with smeone else, I guess a spouse would work too. I think it would backfire in practice on more patients than it would help, and cause a strain on the relationship.
ReplyDeleteI think the patient needs to be control of their health.