1. Are you preoccupied about your weight or shape? (note: some concern is normal in our society)
2. If you are dieting, have you lost a significant amount of weight or have you lost weight rapidly?
3. (if you answered yes to question 2) Are your family, friends, or your doctor concerned about your weight loss?
4. (if you answered yes to question 2) Is your weight more than 10% under a healthy weight for your age and height?
5. (if you answered yes to question 2) Do you feel colder than your friends or family?
6. (if you answered yes to question 2) Has your energy level decreased significantly?
7. (if you answered yes to question 2) Females: have your periods stopped or become irregular?
8. (if you answered yes to question 2) If you are still growing, have you failed to increase weight as you have become taller and older?
9. Do you experience binge eating or "grazing" with a sense of loss of control that causes physical or psychological distress?
10. Do you purge after eating by inducing vomiting, using laxatives, taking water pills, using diet pills, skipping meals, or compensate in other ways for eating more than you thought you should?
11. Do you compulsively exercise -- to the point where your friends or family are concerned, your coach is concerned, or you have medical symptoms from excessive exercise?
12. Are you using any bodybuilding steroids to increase your muscle mass?
13. Do you experience yo-yo (up and down) weights on a regular basis?
14. D you have a significant increase in carbohydrate craving or binge eating or grazing in the fall and winter months?
15. Do you have a continuing negative attitude toward your body weight or shape to the extent that it interferes with the quality of daily life or preoccupies you much of the time?

The above questions address only some of the signs and symptoms of an eating disorder. If you answered "yes" to any of the above questions, there is a possibility that you have an eating disorder and you may want to seek assistance. If you answered "yes" to five or more items, you should seriously consider seeking professional advice.

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