Disordered Eating Attitude Scale (DEAS)

Disordered Eating Attitude Scale – DEAS (and score system)

 

Alvarenga et al. Development and validity of the Disordered Eating attitude Scale. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2010, 2:379-395.

 

• Higher scores means worse eating attitude; score in each question varies from 1 to 5;
• For question 1, its necessary to score each alternative to have question 1 score;
• Minimum score is 37 and maximum is 190;
• Correspondent score for each alternative is in read

 

PART I

• Mark with an X how healthy and necessary you consider consumption of each kind of food below:

a)    Sugar

Eating this food often is healthy and necessary      1 point Eating this food occasionally is healthy and necessary                    1 point Not eating this food is healthy and necessary                                                     5 point

French Fries

Eating this food often is healthy and necessary                     1  point Eating this food occasionally is healthy and necessary                                             1 point Not eating this food is healthy and necessary                                                  5 point

Oil

Eating this food often is healthy and necessary                             1 point Eating this food occasionally is healthy and necessary                                           1 point Not eating this food is healthy and necessary                                            5 point

b)    Breads

Eating this food often is healthy and necessary                      1 point Eating this food occasionally is healthy and necessary                                   3 point Not eating this food is healthy and necessary                                            5 point

Rice

Eating this food often is healthy and necessary                      1 point Eating this food occasionally is healthy and necessary                                   3 point Not eating this food is healthy and necessary                                            5 point

Beans

Eating this food often is healthy and necessary                                                      1 point Eating this food occasionally is healthy and necessary                                             3 point

Not eating this food is healthy and necessary          5 point

Pasta

Eating this food often is healthy and necessary                                                      1 point Eating this food occasionally is healthy and necessary                                             3 point

Not eating this food is healthy and necessary          5 point

Red meat

Eating this food often is healthy and necessary                      1 point Eating this food occasionally is healthy and necessary                                   3 point Not eating this food is healthy and necessary                                            5 point

Whole milk

Eating this food often is healthy and necessary       1 point Eating this food occasionally is healthy and necessary                     3 point Not eating this food is healthy and necessary                                            5 point

Cheese

Eating this food often is healthy and necessary                      1 point Eating this food occasionally is healthy and necessary                                   3 point Not eating this food is healthy and necessary                                            5 point

c)  Vegetables

Eating this food often is healthy and necessary                      1 point Eating this food occasionally is healthy and necessary                                   3 point Not eating this food is healthy and necessary                                            5 point

Fruits

Eating this food often is healthy and necessary                      1 point Eating this food occasionally is healthy and necessary                                   3 point Not eating this food is healthy and necessary                                            5 point

White meat

Eating this food often is healthy and necessary                      1 point Eating this food occasionally is healthy and necessary                                   3 point Not eating this food is healthy and necessary                                            5 point

 

• Do you feel pleasure when you eat? 1 point No.   5 point
• Does eating ever feel unnatural to you? 5 point No.                       1 point
• Have you ever spent one or more days without eating or having only liquids because you believed you could lose weight?

Yes. 5 point           No.   1 point

• Do you count the calories of everything you eat? 5 point No.                       1 point
• Do you enjoy the feeling of an empty stomach? 5 point No.   1 point
• Do you “skip” meals to avoid putting on weight? 5 point No.                       1 point
• Does eating make you feel “dirty”? 5 point No.   1 point
• Do you have good memories related to food? 1 point No.   5 point
• Would you like to not need to eat? 5 point No. 1 point
• Do you believe that it is normal to eat sometimes just because you are sad, upset or bored? 1 point No.
• When you eat more than usual, what is your behavior afterwards? Restart eating as 1 point

Assume you have lost control and keep eating even more. 3 point

Decide to go on a diet to compensate. 3 point

Use some kind of compensation, such as physical activity, vomiting, laxatives and diuretics. 5 point

 

PART II

All question (13 to 25) score in the same way:

Always = 5 points Usually = 4 points Often = 3 points Sometimes = 2 points Rarely/never = 1 points

• I feel guilty when I eat something that I thought I should not eat for some Always Usually Often Sometimes                     Rarely/Never
• I quit eating a kind of food if I find out it has more calories than I Always Usually Often Sometimes                     Rarely/Never
• I worry all the time about what I am going to eat, how much to eat, how to prepare food and whether I should eat or

Always      Usually      Often      Sometimes      Rarely/Never

 

• I worry about how much a certain kind of food or meal will make me gain Always Usually Often Sometimes                     Rarely/Never

 

• I am angry when I feel

Always      Usually      Often      Sometimes      Rarely/Never

 

• It is hard to choose what to eat, because I always think I should eat less or choose the option with fewer

Always      Usually      Often      Sometimes      Rarely/Never

 

• When I desire a specific kind of food, I know I won’t stop eating until I have finished with Always Usually Often Sometimes                     Rarely/Never
• I would like to have my appetite and eating behavior under total Always Usually Often Sometimes                     Rarely/Never
• I try eating less in front of others in order to overeat when I am Always Usually Often Sometimes Rarely/Never
• I am afraid to start eating and not be able to

Always      Usually      Often      Sometimes      Rarely/Never

 

• I dream of a pill that would replace

Always      Usually      Often      Sometimes      Rarely/Never

 

• I get nervous and/or lose my self-control at parties and buffets, due to a great amount of foods

Always      Usually      Often      Sometimes      Rarely/Never

 

• My relationship with food messes up my life as a Always Usually Often Sometimes Rarely/Never

SUBSCALES:

• Subscale 1 (Relationship with food) includes questions 8,10,13, 17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24 and 25;
• Subscale 2 (Concerns about food and weight gain) includes questions 5,14,15 and 16;
• Subscale 3 (Restrictive and compensatory practices) includes questions: 4,6,7 and 12;
• Subscale 4 (Feeling toward eating) includes questions: 2,3 and 9;
• Subscale 5 (Idea of normal eating) includes questions: 1a,b,c and 11.