Eating Disorder Test — Free 10-Question Eating Attitudes Check

The Soundary Eating Attitude Check (SEAC) looks at your thoughts and behaviors around food, weight and your body over the past 4 weeks in 10 questions. It asks about experiences such as sharply cutting how much you eat out of fear of gaining weight even when you are hungry, thoughts about weight or body shape taking up much of the day, thoughts of food making it hard to focus on other things, feeling unable to stop once you start eating, and harsh guilt after eating a large amount in a short time.

It also asks about making yourself vomit or using medicines such as laxatives or diuretics to get rid of food, skipping meals or exercising excessively to make up for eating, repeatedly checking your body in mirrors or avoiding looking at it, avoiding meals with others because they feel uncomfortable, and physical signs of not eating enough, such as dizziness, low energy, feeling very cold or irregular periods. Answers are scored 0 for “Not at all”, 1 for “Sometimes (1-3 times a month)”, 2 for “Often (1-2 times a week)” and 3 for “Almost always (3 or more times a week)”, for a total of 0–30.

Your result is shown as a total from 0 to 30, but this check has one rule that does not rely on the total. If you scored 1 or more on the item about making yourself vomit or using laxatives or diuretics, talking with a professional is recommended even when your total is low, because these behaviors can strain the body even when they happen rarely. In the same way, the item on physical signs such as dizziness, low energy or irregular periods deserves attention on its own, apart from the score.

It also helps to see where your points came from. Whether restriction and food preoccupation are higher, or bingeing with loss of control and guilt, or body checking and avoidance and discomfort at shared meals, shapes what you are going through right now. Scores can rise temporarily during exams, periods of heavy stress or the first weeks of a diet. Whatever your score, it is not a judgment of your willpower or character; it is a signal to help you look after yourself as you are now.

SEAC consists of items developed by Soundary with reference to disordered-eating screening frameworks such as the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) of Garner and Garfinkel (1979) and the EAT-26 of Garner and colleagues (1982). It is not an official edition of any standardized instrument and has not yet been clinically validated, so its bands are provisional cut-offs set by the logic of symptom frequency and intensity. That makes the result a screening reference, not a diagnosis, and it cannot be compared directly with scores on the original scales.

Eating problems can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender or body size. Retaking the check after some time and comparing it with your previous result shows which way your eating habits are moving. If your result is on your mind, rather than trying hard to manage it alone, consider starting a conversation with someone you trust or with a professional such as a psychiatrist. Simply bringing it up is already a meaningful first step.