SCOFF (eating-disorder screen)

SCOFF questionnaire (Morgan 1999): the five-question eating-disorder screen; 2 or more positive answers flags a likely eating disorder.

Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

Sick: make yourself sick when uncomfortably full
Yes
Control: worry about lost control over eating
Yes
Fat: believe yourself fat when others say thin
Yes

Result: SCOFF 3/5: 2 or more positive -- a likely eating disorder warranting further assessment.

The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.

What the result means

Threshold
a count of 2 or more flags a likely eating disorder warranting further assessment.

What you enter

  • Sick: make yourself sick when uncomfortably full
  • Control: worry about lost control over eating
  • One stone: lost >6.35 kg in 3 months
  • Fat: believe yourself fat when others say thin
  • Food: food dominates your life
How this is calculated
Items
five yes/no items -- Sick, Control, One stone, Fat, Food; each "yes" scores 1.

Morgan JF, Reid F, Lacey JH. The SCOFF questionnaire: assessment of a new screening tool for eating disorders. BMJ. 1999;319(7223):1467-1468. Read the source ↗

A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.

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Built by Clay Good. Source on GitHub.