A simple test for eating disorders.
Answer the following 5 questions to determine if 
you could have an eating disorder.

Ref: BMJ 1999;319:1467-1468

British researchers have demonstrated that a simple 5 question screening tool can identify patients at risk for eating disorders with a very high degree of reliability.

The 5 questions (abbreviated as "SCOFF") are:

Question 1.
S: Do you make yourself Sick because you feel uncomfortably full?

yes.
no

Question 2.
C: Do you worry you have lost Control over how much you eat?

yes.
no

Question 3.
O: Have you recently lost more than One stone (14 pounds or 6.35kgs) in a 3 month period?

yes
no

Question 4.
F: Do you believe yourself to be Fat when others say you are too thin?

yes
no

Question 5.
F: Would you say that Food dominates your life?

yes.
no.

HOW DID YOU SCORE?

Your score explained.

A score of 2 or more indicates that you could have an eating disorder.  If this concerns you seek professional advice now.  

Reference: British Medical Journal 1999;319:1467-1468

Subjects: 116 women from referrals to a specialist clinic who were confirmed on DSM-III criteria as having either anorexia nervosa or bulimia compared with 96 normal women recruited through local college advertising.
Results: A score of at least two positives from these 5 questions had a sensitivity of 100% (95% CI 97-100%) and a specificity of 87.5% (79.2% - 93.4%) for a diagnosis of eating disorder.

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