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Food Starving questions on the SPQ

The following questions are taken from The Shorter PROMIS Questionnaires and relate specifically to anorexia. Scores for each statement are rated 0-5 with 0 being 'not like me' and 5 being 'like me'. A total score of 20 points is clinically significant and indicates a need for further assessment.

In a restaurant or even at home I have often tried to persuade others to choose dishes that I knew I would like even though I would probably refuse to eat them.

When I have eaten in company I have liked to be with special friends or family members whom I can rely on to finish off some foods for me.

I have had a list of so many things that I dare not eat, so that there is very little left that I can eat.

I have often chewed something and then take it out of my mouth and throw it away.

I have particularly enjoyed eating raw vegetables and also salty or sour things.

When I have eaten in company I have tended to time my eating as a form of strategy so that others are not really aware of just how little I am eating.

When I have eaten something reasonably substantial I have tended to feel disappointed or even angry with myself as well as slightly relieved.

I have become irritable and impatient at meal times if someone has tried to persuade me to eat something.

I have often avoided meal times by claiming that I have already eaten when it is not true.

Some food has made me wish I could eat it like other people do but I nonetheless find that I could not bring myself to do so.

If you scored a total of 20 or more, it may be worth consulting PROMIS to discuss your responses.

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