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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 20.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Child Health Nutr. 2016;5(3):55–104.

Table 1.

Twelve questions from the 61-item GAPS questionnaire used in the analysis grouped by domains.

Domains Items
Weight Control
  1. Are you satisfied with your eating habits?

  2. Do you exercise or participate in sports activities at least three times or more each week?

  3. Do you ever eat in secret?

  4. In the past year, have you ever tried to lose weight or control your weight by vomiting, taking diet pills or laxative, or starving yourself?

Body Image
  1. Do you spend a lot of time thinking about ways to be thin?

  2. Do you have any concerns about the size or shape of your body, or your physical appearance?

Emotional Well-bing
  1. Have you had fun during the past two weeks?

  2. During the past few weeks, have you often felt sad or down or as though you have nothing to look forward to?

  3. Have you ever seriously thought about killing yourself, make a plan or actually tried to kill yourself?

  4. Is there something you often worry about or fear?

  5. Would you like to get counseling about something on your mind?

  6. Are you worried about problems at home or in your family?