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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eat Behav. 2016 Aug 26;23:115–119. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.08.008
1. What time do you usually go to bed in the evening (turn out
the lights in order to go to sleep)?

_______ pm
2. What time do you usually get out of bed in the morning? _______ am
3. On most days, do you experience loss of appetite in the
morning?
□ No □ Yes
4. How often do you typically eat breakfast (after your final
morning awakening)?

____ times/week
5. What time do you usually have the first meal of the day? _____ am/pm (please
circle)
6. How much food do you generally eat after 7 p.m. as a
percentage (%) from 0 –100? (Please be specific, for example,
15%)

(0–100) _______%
7. What time do you usually have your evening meal? _______ pm
8. How much food do you generally eat after your evening
meal as a percentage (%) from 0 –100? (Please be specific, for
example, 15%)

  8a. For how long have you been consuming at least this
    much after your evening meal?

(0–100) _______%


_____ Years ____ Months
9. On most days, do you have a strong urge to eat between
dinner and sleep onset and/or during the night?
No Yes
10. Do you have trouble falling asleep at night?

  10a. If YES, how many times each week?
No Yes

_____ times/week
11. Do you have trouble staying asleep at night?

  11a. If YES, how many times each week?

  11b. If YES, how many times each week do you get out
  of bed during these awakenings?
No Yes

________ times/week


________ times/week
12. How many times each week do you awake from sleep
during the night to use the bathroom?
________times/week
none
13. Do you awake from sleep during the night and eat food?

IF NO, SKIP TO QUESTION 14

  13a. If yes, how many times per week?

  13b. For how long have you been getting up at this
    frequency to eat?

  13c. Do you believe you need to eat in order to fall back
    to sleep when you wake up at night?

  13d. How aware are you of your eating during the
    night?

  13e. How often do you recall your eating during the
    night the next day?
No Yes



________ times/week

_____ Years ____Months


No Yes


not at all
somewhat
extremely
never
sometimes
always
14. Would you consider yourself a night eater?

IF NO, SKIP TO QUESTION 15

IF YES (please answer the following questions):

  14a. IF YES, how upset are you about your night
    eating?


  14b. IF YES, how much has your eating at night
    impaired your functioning and/or interfered with
    your daily life?

  14c. For how long have you been experiencing this
    night eating behavior?
No Yes





not at all
somewhat
extremely

not at all
somewhat
extremely

less than 3 months
3–6 months
6–12 months
more than 1 year
15. Do you have sleep apnea? No Yes Don’t know
16. Do you work an evening or night shift?

  16a. IF YES, is it:

  16b. IF YES, for how long have you been working this
    shift?
No Yes
evening night
rotating

____Years ____Months
17. Have you been feeling depressed or down nearly every day? No Yes
18. In general, when you are feeling depressed or down, is
your mood lower in the:
morning
afternoon
evening/nighttime
Not applicable
19. Are you currently dieting to lose weight?
  19a. IF YES, how much weight have you lost in the past 3
    months?
No Yes
_________
lbs
20. What is your current height and weight (without clothing
or shoes)?
_______Height (in)
______Weight (lbs)
21. Please take a moment to review your responses. Have you
answered each question completely?
No Yes