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  • What is an eating disorder?
  • Myths about eating disorders
  • Is it anorexia?
  • Is it bulimia?
  • Is it an EDNOS?

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  • What is a BMI?
  • Eating Disorder Checklist
  • What should I do?
  • Statistics
  • Causes
  • Treatment for eating disorders

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  • What to do?
  • Eating Disorder Services Available in NZ
  • Additional Mental Health Services
  • Voluntary Eating Disorder Help Groups in NZ
    • North Island
    • South Island
  • Schooling

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  • Sharing the Burden

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  • Books
  • EDANZ and the DHBs
  • EDANZ Newsletters/AGM address
  • Media articles
  • Recommended Websites, NZ and International

Eating Disorder Check List

Sometimes when you have had an eating disorder for a long time it starts to feel normal, in fact sometimes you can no longer even see it. Below are some questions to help you recognise how much your eating disorder is affecting your life. Although answering yes to some of the questions does not automatically mean that you have an eating disorder it is an indication as to how much food and weight issues are impacting on your life. And it doesn't have to be like this.

1. Do you avoid social situations where there will be food?	Yes	No
2. Do you avoid meal times?	Yes	No
3. Do you get anxious around food?	Yes	No
4. Do you take a long time to order food when you’re out because you’re worrying about the calories, fat, or sugar content?	Yes	No
5. Are there foods that you never eat or avoid?	Yes	No
6. Do you count calories?	Yes	No
7. Do you think about food often apart from when you are eating, cooking, food shopping or ordering food?	Yes	No
8. Does your mood get affected by what you have eaten?	Yes	No
9. Do you decide that your day has been good or bad based on what you have eaten?	Yes	No
10. Do you eat in secret?	Yes	No
11. Do you find it difficult eating in public?	Yes	No
12. Are you always starting a new diet?	Yes	No
13. Do you lie about what you have eaten?	Yes	No
14. Do you sometimes find it hard to stop eating?	Yes	No
15. Do you sometimes eat so much that you feel sick?	Yes	No
16. Do you eat for emotional reasons?	Yes	No
17. Do you often eat when you are not hungry?	Yes	No
18. Do you look in the mirror a lot?	Yes	No
19. Do you criticize your body?	Yes	No
20. Do you say horrible things about your body?	Yes	No
21. Do you weigh yourself & is your mood determined by your weight?	Yes	No
22. Does your weight fluctuate a lot?	Yes	No
23. Do you wear clothes that are too small for you and not let yourself buy new ones?	Yes	No
24. Do you wear baggy clothes to cover up your body?	Yes	No
25. Do you avoid letting your partner see you naked?	Yes	No
26. Do you exercise even when you are sick, tired, busy or raining (if it’s outside) ? i.e. do you feel compelled to do it regardless?	Yes	No
27. Do you exercise more because of what you’ve eaten?	Yes	No
28. Are you putting off doing things until you obtain what you consider the ‘perfect’ body?	Yes	No

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