During a regular office visit, a health professional may ask a few screening questions to learn whether a person may have an eating disorder. Examples of questions that might be asked are:

• Have you been dieting recently?
• If so, how much weight have you lost?
• How many diets have you been on over the past year?
• What kinds of diets have you used?
• Do you think you should be dieting?
• Are you unhappy with your shape and body size?
• Does your weight affect how you feel about yourself?
• How often do you think about food throughout the day?
• Do others think you are overweight?