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. 2023 Feb 7;20(4):2888. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20042888

Table A2.

EN-BMAS-20 by Wojciech Styk.

Sometimes You Can Feel Anxious about Your Body Image, Appearance or Body Weight. Below Are the Statements—On the Scales Provided, Please Indicate How It Applies to You. If the Statement Doesn’t Apply to You, Try to Put Yourself in Such a Situation and Answer the Question Does Not Concern Me at All Fully Concerns Me
Sometimes when it seems to me that I have gained weight, I feel negative tension and overwhelming sadness. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
I am afraid that in the future I will lose weight and I cannot do anything about it. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sometimes, when it seems to me that I have lost weight, I feel that I am losing the joy of life. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
After each meal, even a small one, I have the feeling that I have gained weight. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
When I see that my body weight has dropped a little, I feel anxious. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
I have the feeling that my body is like a skeleton and is not attractive. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sometimes I am afraid to look at myself because I’m afraid that I have gained weight. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sometimes it feels like I’m getting fat just from breathing. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
During meals I feel stress about how it will influence my body. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
I overeat and I can’t control it, otherwise I’m afraid that I will lose weight. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
There are days when looking at myself, e.g., in the mirror, I have a feeling that I have gained weight again. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
After meals, sometimes I have the impression that I am immediately fatter. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
There are days when looking at my body in the mirror I have the impression that I lost weight again. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
I’m afraid of having meals with others and their comments that I don’t eat anything and I’m skinny. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
It happens that I force myself to eat to not lose weight. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
I avoid weighing myself because it makes me afraid that I have lost weight. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Generally, I avoid looking in the mirror so that it does not turn out that I have lost weight. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Even a slight increase in weight makes me anxious. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
I’m afraid to step on the scale because it could turn out that my weight has changed. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
I do not like to weigh myself because I am afraid that I have gained weight. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7