Table 1.
Item | Question | Scale |
---|---|---|
1 | When I smell a sizzling steak or juicy piece of meat, I find it very difficult to keep from eating, even if I have just finished a meal. | UE |
2 | I deliberately take small helpings as a means of controlling my weight. | CG |
3 | When I feel anxious, I find myself eating. | EE |
4 | Sometimes when I start eating, I just can’t seem to stop. | UE |
5 | Being with someone who is eating often makes me hungry enough to eat also. | UE |
6 | When I feel blue, I often overeat. | EE |
7 | When I see a real delicacy, I often get so hungry that I have to eat right away. | UE |
8 | I get so hungry that my stomach often seems like a bottomless pit. | UE |
9 | I am always hungry so it is hard for me to stop eating before I finish the food on my plate. | UE |
10 | When I feel lonely, I console myself by eating. | EE |
11 | I consciously hold back at meals in order not to weight gain. | CG |
12 | I do not eat some foods because they make me fat. | CG |
13 | I am always hungry enough to eat at any time. | UE |
14 | How often do you feel hungry? | UE |
15 | How frequently do you avoid “stocking up” on tempting foods? | CG |
16 | How likely are you to consciously eat less than you want? | CG |
17 | Do you go on eating binges though you are not hungry? | UE |
18 | On a scale of 1 to 8, where 1 means no restraint in eating (eating whatever you want, whenever you want it) and 8 means total restraint (constantly limiting food intake and never “giving in”), what number would you give yourself? * | CG |
CG = Cognitive Restraint Scale; UE = Uncontrolled Eating Scale; EE = Emotional Eating Scale. * The 1–2 scores were coded 1; 3–4 scores were coded 2; 5–6 scores were coded 3; 7–8 scores were coded 4.