Disordered Eating Attitude Scale, DEAS

Test scores

Disordered Eating Attitude Scale
49][5072][73185][37
66
[ average level ]
Relationship with food
60][12
20
Concerns about food and weight gain
20][4
15
Restrictive and compensatory practices
20][4
10
Feeling toward eating
15][3
3
Idea of normal eating
70][14
18

Higher scores are indicative of more negative or disordered attitudes.


According to author's paper, average score:

• University students: 61.0±11.2

• Anorexia Nervosa patients: 115±30

• Bulimia Nervosa patients: 134.0±19.5


(The DEAS was developed in Portuguese and the participants read and answer the questions in Portuguese. The English translation was prepared by author's for the purpose of the publication.)

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